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Definition of disfellowship in English: disfellowshipnoundɪsˈfɛlə(ʊ)ʃɪpdisˈfelōˌSHip mass nounExclusion from fellowship, especially as a form of discipline in some Protestant and Mormon Churches. 开除会籍,不准入会(尤指作为新教和摩门教的一种教规) Example sentencesExamples - If even a public rebuke fails, the final effort to restore the person will be the "disfellowship" of that person.
- If he presented our disfellowship as a vote of confidence in him, they did not see any option but to support him however much they disagreed.
- I have just received the transcript of the disfellowship appeal meeting from a person I know.
- The ‘disfellowship’ means he will retain his membership but lose certain privileges, such as being able to go into temples.
- If, because of the disfellowship that happens, the person finally does humbly repent, then it will be our joy to welcome that person back.
Synonyms exclusion, rejection, repudiation, shunning, spurning, the cold shoulder, cold-shouldering, boycotting, blackballing, blacklisting, snubbing, avoidance, barring, banishment, exile, expulsion
verbdisfellowships, disfellowshipped, disfellowshippingdɪsˈfɛlə(ʊ)ʃɪpdisˈfelōˌSHip [with object]Exclude (someone) from fellowship. 〈主美〉开除(某人)会籍,不准(某人)入会 Example sentencesExamples - There are rumors that you have been disfellowshipped?
- Since 1961 the church has enforced it by ‘disfellowshipping’ or expelling un-repentant members who wilfully accept prohibited blood components.
- In June 2000, they issued a directive stating that the organisation would no longer disfellowship members who did not comply with the policy of refusal of blood.
- ‘When people are disfellowshipped because they're gay,’ he says, ‘they lose their entire support network, often including their families.’
Synonyms rebuff, spurn, repudiate, cut off, cast off, cast aside, discard, jettison, abandon, desert, turn one's back on, have nothing to do with, have nothing more to do with, wash one's hands of, cast out, shut out, exclude, shun, cold-shoulder, give someone the cold shoulder Definition of disfellowship in US English: disfellowshipnoundisˈfelōˌSHip Exclusion from fellowship, especially as a form of discipline in some Protestant and Mormon Churches. 开除会籍,不准入会(尤指作为新教和摩门教的一种教规) Example sentencesExamples - If even a public rebuke fails, the final effort to restore the person will be the "disfellowship" of that person.
- If, because of the disfellowship that happens, the person finally does humbly repent, then it will be our joy to welcome that person back.
- If he presented our disfellowship as a vote of confidence in him, they did not see any option but to support him however much they disagreed.
- I have just received the transcript of the disfellowship appeal meeting from a person I know.
- The ‘disfellowship’ means he will retain his membership but lose certain privileges, such as being able to go into temples.
Synonyms exclusion, rejection, repudiation, shunning, spurning, the cold shoulder, cold-shouldering, boycotting, blackballing, blacklisting, snubbing, avoidance, barring, banishment, exile, expulsion
verbdisˈfelōˌSHip [with object]Exclude (someone) from fellowship. 〈主美〉开除(某人)会籍,不准(某人)入会 Example sentencesExamples - In June 2000, they issued a directive stating that the organisation would no longer disfellowship members who did not comply with the policy of refusal of blood.
- Since 1961 the church has enforced it by ‘disfellowshipping’ or expelling un-repentant members who wilfully accept prohibited blood components.
- There are rumors that you have been disfellowshipped?
- ‘When people are disfellowshipped because they're gay,’ he says, ‘they lose their entire support network, often including their families.’
Synonyms rebuff, spurn, repudiate, cut off, cast off, cast aside, discard, jettison, abandon, desert, turn one's back on, have nothing to do with, have nothing more to do with, wash one's hands of, cast out, shut out, exclude, shun, cold-shoulder, give someone the cold shoulder |