Meanings of excommunicant in English

The king's court could order a recalcitrant excommunicant imprisoned until he satisfied the claims of the church.

Church law required excommunication to be in writing with the reasons therefore, and a copy given to the excommunicant.

Bishops could request the Chancery to imprison an offender who had remained excommunicant for forty days, until he made amends.

No one will volunteer the smallest service for the excommunicant of the chapel; nothing could more vividly illustrate the command to 'love one another.'

Other offenses were: housebreaking, ambush, certain kinds of theft, premeditated assault, and harboring outlaws or excommunicants.