They wouldn't use terms like 'excommunicate' and 'anathema', of course. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-07-01] Reference
CLANCY: Yes, the pope's going to excommunicate him now. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 5, 2007] Reference
She was a heretic whom any Court of Love must excommunicate. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
If he died excommunicate, his body could not be buried in consecrated ground. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
'I excommunicate thee, and the steel which thou darest to draw at the very foot of the cross.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
This obliged St. Peter to excommunicate him, nor could he ever be induced to revoke that sentence. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
Q: The Vatican has excommunicated women who are ordained and may excommunicate those who help them. From Wordnik.com. [Interview With Toni Tortorilla, Female Catholic Priest] Reference
Angered by this action, Boniface prepared to excommunicate the king and depose him from the throne. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
Moreover, it was decreed that the excommunicate should have no part in the resurrection of the dead. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
Cardinal Duke to the Cardinal de la Vallette, "and I think he would like to excommunicate all France.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Wakefield Hermit, that the crown would be lost before Ascension Day, made him afraid of dying excommunicate. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Democracy] Reference
I'd excommunicate them, I'm going to close the mouths of gossips, by setting my seal of proprietorship upon you. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
Ordinary means of stopping their ravages having failed, the vicar of the bishop was requested to excommunicate them. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
In a few days the soldiers played their intimidation trump card, moving to "derobe" the monks — excommunicate them. From Wordnik.com. [‘I Wanted Democracy’] Reference
In the Middle Ages, they were going to excommunicate Galileo because the entire scientific community said the Earth was flat. From Wordnik.com. [Kevin Grandia: Ryan Air CEO Buries Head Firmly in Sand, Says Global Warming Is Bulls**t] Reference
Instead of associating with the council, they assembled by themselves, and presumed to excommunicate St. Cyril and his adherents. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
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