different between prohibit vs excommunicate

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Latin prohibeo (“I fend off, prevent, prohibit”) (through past participle prohibitus).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???h?b?t/, /p????h?b?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p?o??h?b?t/, /p???h?b?t/
• Rhymes: -?b?t

Verb

prohibit (third-person singular simple present prohibits, present participle prohibiting, simple past and past participle prohibited)

1. (transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.

   Synonyms: ban, disallow, forbid, proscribe

   Antonyms: allow, authorize

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:prohibit

Related terms

Translations

See also

• interdict
• debar
• prevent
• hinder

Further reading

• prohibit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• prohibit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /p?o.i?bit/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /p?u.i?bit/
• Rhymes: -it

Adjective

prohibit (feminine prohibida, masculine plural prohibits, feminine plural prohibides)

1. forbidden, outlawed

Verb

prohibit m (feminine prohibida, masculine plural prohibits, feminine plural prohibides)

1. past participle of prohibir

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of prohibi.

Adjective

prohibit m or n (feminine singular prohibit?, masculine plural prohibi?i, feminine and neuter plural prohibite)

1. prohibited

Declension

English

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin excommunic?tus, perfect passive participle of excommunic? (“put out of the community”).

Pronunciation

Adjective and Noun:

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??ksk??mju?n?k?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ksk??mjun?k?t/

Verb:

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??ksk??mju?n?ke?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ksk??mjun?ke?t/

Adjective

excommunicate (not comparable)

1. 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.

Noun

excommunicate (plural excommunicates)

1. A person so excluded.

Verb

excommunicate (third-person singular simple present excommunicates, present participle excommunicating, simple past and past participle excommunicated)

1. (transitive) To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.
2. (transitive, historical or figuratively) To exclude from any other group; to banish.

Synonyms

• disfellowship
• takfir

Related terms

• excommunication

Translations