excommunicate vs laud

excommunicate

verb
  • To officially exclude someone from membership of a church or religious community. 

  • To exclude from any other group; to banish. 

adj
  • Excommunicated. 

noun
  • An excommunicated person. 

laud

noun
  • Praise or glorification. 

  • A prayer service following matins. 

  • Hymn of praise. 

verb
  • To praise; to glorify. 

How often have the words excommunicate and laud occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )