disfellowship
- noun
- /ˌdɪsˈfɛloʊʃɪp/
- Jargon
:
desafiliación
- While you're at it, can you find me the scripture that says smoking is a disfellowshipping offense, or find the word 'Disfellowship' in the Bible?
Examples
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Disfellowship involved the excommunication of the member, resulting in shunning.
Academic text (1991) -
After a lengthy discussion, the board voted to enforce a disfellowship for those who consistently violated community rules.
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The president of Pacific Press, who was senior elder of the local Adventist church, invoked the first change in moving unsuccessfully to have his church disfellowship Tobler.
Academic text (1998) -
The church decided to proceed with the disfellowship of members who refused to follow its new guidelines.
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His disfellowship from the organization was a result of repeated disciplinary issues that could not be overlooked.
Synonyms
64
4.2
A situation when someone is not allowed to join or take part in a group
39
6.1
A forced removal of a person from a place or group
4
7.9
Leaving someone out of a group on purpose
2
4.9
Putting someone or a group on a list so others avoid them and refuse service
1
8.4
To exclude someone from a group as punishment or social rejection
1
7.8
An official ban that stops someone from taking part as a punishment
1
7.6
Leaving a person out of social activities so they feel alone
1
7.2
Leaving or being removed from an organization such as a school
A formal ban that stops a person from being part of a religious group
Leaving someone out of a group so they cannot join in
Antonyms
How Excluded
- Formal
11
9.8
14
7.6
39
6.1
- Jargon
- Formal
71
4.6
- Formal
24
6.1
17
7.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
disfellowship = fellowship (semi-transparent) = dis + fellow + ship
The meaning is largely recoverable as removal from fellowship, but the formal disciplinary sense is narrower than a simple lack of fellowship.
Etymology
Disfellowship joins dis- meaning 'not' and fellow meaning 'companion' or 'member', so it literally means 'not a fellow'. That's why it refers to the formal act of leaving someone out of a group.