unchurch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: unchurch	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for unchurch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
unchurch v exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner" Synonym(s): excommunicate, unchurch, curse Antonym(s): communicate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Unchurch \Un*church"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + church.] 1. To expel, or cause to separate, from a church; to excommunicate. --Sir M. Hale. 2. To deprive of the character, privileges, and authority of a church. --South.