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disfellowshipping

disfellowshipping is the present participle and gerund of disfellowship.

Meaning of disfellowship

Verb

disfellowship (third-person singular simple present disfellowships, present participle disfellowshipping or (US also) disfellowshiping, simple past and past participle disfellowshipped or (US also) disfellowshiped)

  1. (transitive) To subject to disfellowshipment.
    • Disfellowshipped persons, shunned by the organisation for their unrepented sins, slipped in at the last and sat by the door, ready to disappear at the end of the closing prayer.2020, Paul Mendez, Rainbow Milk, Dialogue Books (2021), page 62
    Synonyms:
    excommunicate

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Forms of disfellowshipping

alternative formdisfellowshiping

Questions about disfellowshipping

What is disfellowshipping the present participle and gerund of?
Disfellowshipping is the present participle and gerund of disfellowship.

Words near disfellowshipping in the dictionary

  1. disfellowshiped
  2. disfellowshiping
  3. disfellowshipment
  4. disfellowshipments
  5. disfellowshipped
  6. disfellowshipping
  7. disfellowships
  8. disfiguration
  9. disfigurations
  10. disfigurative
  11. disfigure

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