disfellowship

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verb

To subject to disfellowshipment.

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excommunicate
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Meanings

verbdisfellowship (third-person singular simple present disfellowships, present participle disfellowshipping or (US also) disfellowshiping, simple past and past participle disfellowshipped or (US also) disfellowshiped)

present singular third person disfellowships · participle present disfellowshipping · US also participle present disfellowshiping · participle past disfellowshipped · past disfellowshipped · US also participle past disfellowshiped · US also past disfellowshiped

  1. transitiveTo subject to disfellowshipment.

    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.

    2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 62

    Synonyms: excommunicate

noundisfellowship (uncountable)
  1. uncountableLack of, or exclusion from, fellowship.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo subject to disfellowshipment.

Similar
excommunicate
Also see
excommunicate

Origin

From dis- + fellowship.

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Cite this entry
APA

disfellowship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disfellowship

MLA

“disfellowship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disfellowship. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disfellowship,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disfellowship.

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