English Explanatory Dictionary

disfellowshipment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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. A temporary sanction used within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more severe than formal probation but less severe than excommunication.

Word forms

disfellowshipment disfellowshipments

Etymology

From disfellowship + -ment.

Synonyms

excommunication
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