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Prohibit vs Excommunicate - What's the difference?

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Prohibit is a related term of excommunicate.


In lang=en terms the difference between prohibit and excommunicate

is that prohibit is to forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit while excommunicate is to exclude from any other group; to banish.

As verbs the difference between prohibit and excommunicate

is that prohibit is to forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit while excommunicate is to officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.

As an adjective excommunicate is

excommunicated.

As a noun excommunicate is

a person so excluded.

prohibit

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author= Ed Pilkington
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=6, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= ‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told , passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited , yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}

    Synonyms

    * forbid * disallow * ban * See also

    Antonyms

    * allow * authorize

    Related terms

    * prohibition * prohibitive

    See also

    * interdict * debar * prevent * hinder

    External links

    * * English transitive verbs ----

    excommunicate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Excommunicated.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , John IX:
    • the iewes had conspyred allredy that yff eny man did confesse that he was Christ, he shulde be excommunicat out of the Sinagoge.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person so excluded.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
  • * , chapter=17
    • , title= 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.}}
  • To exclude from any other group; to banish.

    • Synonyms

    * takfir

    Related terms

    * excommunication