verb
- to expel or exclude from membership in a church; to deprive of church status or recognition
Usage: formal; ecclesiastical
Examples
- The congregation voted to unchurch members who violated the moral code.
- The bishop threatened to unchurch the rebellious parish.
- Historical records show the sect was unchurched for its radical beliefs.
- The denomination unchurches any minister who abandons core doctrines.
- They feared being unchurched for questioning traditional teachings.
- The council’s decision to unchurch the group caused widespread controversy.