Outlaw vs Excommunicate - What's the difference?
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A fugitive from the law.
A person who is excluded from normal legal rights.
A person who operates outside established norms.
A wild horse.
(humorous) An in-law: a relative by marriage.
To declare illegal
To place a ban upon
To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.
To deprive of legal force.
Excommunicated.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , John IX:
* Shakespeare
To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
* , chapter=17
, title= To exclude from any other group; to banish.
Outlaw is a related term of excommunicate.
As nouns the difference between outlaw and excommunicate
is that outlaw is a fugitive from the law while excommunicate is a person so excluded.As verbs the difference between outlaw and excommunicate
is that outlaw is to declare illegal while excommunicate is to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.As an adjective excommunicate is
excommunicated.outlaw
English
Noun
(en noun)- The main character of the play was a bit of an outlaw who refused to shake hands or say thank you.
Synonyms
* (person that operates outside established norms) anti-heroVerb
(outlaw)- to outlaw a debt or claim
- Laws outlawed by necessity. — Fuller.
External links
* * *excommunicate
English
Adjective
(-)- the iewes had conspyred allredy that yff eny man did confesse that he was Christ, he shulde be excommunicat out of the Sinagoge.
- Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate .
Verb
(en-verb)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated . It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain.}}
