excommunicating
present participle of excommunicate
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"com*mu"ni*cate, a. Etym: [L. excommunicatus, p. p. of communicare to excommunicate; ex out + communicare. See Communicate.]
Definition: Excommunicated; interdicted from the rites of the church.
– n.
Definition: One excommunicated. Thou shalt stand cursed and excommunicate. Shak.
Ex`com*mu"ni*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excommunicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Excommunicating.]
1. To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence.
2. To lay under the ban of the church; to interdict. Martin the Fifth . . . was the first that excommunicated the reading of heretical books. Miltin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 July 2024
(adjective) free from danger or risk; “secure from harm”; “his fortune was secure”; “made a secure place for himself in his field”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
