Disfellowshipment

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The removal from the fellowship of the Lord's Table (participation in the Lord's Supper); excommunication or expulsion from a Christian church.
  2. 2
    A temporary sanction used within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more severe than formal probation but less severe than excommunication.

Synonyms

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excommunicationexcommunication

Etymology

From disfellowship + -ment.

Related phrases

lord's supper

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