disfellowship
/dis-fel-oh-ship/US // dɪsˈfɛl oʊˌʃɪp //UK // (ˌdɪsˈfɛləʊʃɪp) //
解雇,不合资格,解散,不合资格的人
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : 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.有主动词 verb
- 1
dis·fel·low·shiped, dis·fel·low·ship·ing or dis·fel·low·shipped, dis·fel·low·ship·ping.
- : to place in the status of disfellowship.
Examples
Churches did not disfellowship each other over the organ question, but many congregations divided on it.
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