[dis-fel-oh-ship] 
noun, verb, -shiped, -ship⋅ing or (especially British
) -shipped, -ship⋅ping.| 1. | (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. |
| 2. | to place in the status of disfellowship. |