disfellowshipment
English
editEtymology
editFrom disfellowship + -ment.
Noun
editdisfellowshipment (plural disfellowshipments)
- The removal from the fellowship of the Lord's Table (participation in the Lord's Supper); excommunication or expulsion from a Christian church.
- A temporary sanction used within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more severe than formal probation but less severe than excommunication.