Disfellowship

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of, or exclusion from, fellowship. uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To subject to disfellowshipment. transitive

    "Disfellowshipped persons, shunned by the organisation for their unrepented sins, slipped in at the last and sat by the door, ready to disappear at the end of the closing prayer."

Example

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"Disfellowshipped persons, shunned by the organisation for their unrepented sins, slipped in at the last and sat by the door, ready to disappear at the end of the closing prayer."

Etymology

From dis- + fellowship.

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