disfellowship: Meaning and Definition of

dis•fel•low•ship

Pronunciation: (dis-fel'ō-ship"), [key]

— n., v., -shiped, -ship•ing -shipped, -ship•ping.

—n.

(in some Protestant religions) the status of a member who, because of some serious infraction of church policy, has been denied the church's sacraments and any post of responsibility and is officially shunned by other members.

—v.t.