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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISFELLOWSHIP

Dis *fel "low *ship, v. t. Etym: [See Fellowship, v. t.]

 

Defn: To exclude from fellowship; to refuse intercourse with, as an associate. An attempt to disfellowship an evil, but to fellowship the evildoer. Freewill Bapt. Quart.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

disfellowship

dis fel low ship |disˈfelōˌSHip dɪsˈfɛloʊˌʃɪp | noun exclusion from fellowship, esp. as a form of discipline in some Protestant and Mormon churches. verb ( disfellowships, disfellowshiping, disfellowshiped; Brit. disfellowshipping, disfellowshipped ) [ with obj. ] exclude (someone ) from fellowship.

 

Oxford Dictionary

disfellowship

dis |fel ¦low |ship |dɪsˈfɛlə (ʊ )ʃɪp | noun [ mass noun ] exclusion from fellowship, especially as a form of discipline in some Protestant and Mormon Churches. verb ( disfellowships, disfellowshipping, disfellowshipped ) [ with obj. ] exclude (someone ) from fellowship.