Sentence:  "Perhaps it is because I have been <WSD>excommunicated</WSD>. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” &para; She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community.