Unchurch (Verb)
Meaning
Exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The church leaders threatened to unchurch members who supported the outsider's proposal for reform.
- The woman was unchurched by the congregation after she publicly spoke out against the pastor's abuse of power.
- Her open defiance of church doctrine led to her being unchurched and ostracized by the community.
- The church decided to unchurch the new member who refused to repent for his past transgressions.
- The family was unchurched when they started to miss multiple Sundays in a row without giving a valid reason.