disfellowship en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
Etymology
From dis- + fellowship.
Meanings
- (uncountable) Lack of, or exclusion from, fellowship.
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
disfellowship en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
Etymology
From dis- + fellowship.
Meanings
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(transitive) To 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| disfellowships | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| disfellowshiping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | US, also | lexicographic |
| disfellowshipping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disfellowshipped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| disfellowshipped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| disfellowshiped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US, also | lexicographic |
| disfellowshiped | Tense=Past | US, also | lexicographic |