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disˈownment [f. as disown v. + -ment.] The act of disowning, renunciation; spec. repudiation from membership in the Society of Friends.
1806Clarkson Port. Quaker. I. Discipline i. §11. 195 He is then publicly excluded from membership, or, as it is called, Disowned. This is done by a distinct document, called a Testimony of Disownment. 1883Book of Discipline of Soc. Friends 203 The Monthly Meeting should, after due consideration, issue a testimony of disownment against such person. 1893Columbus (Ohio) Disp. 14 Sept., The disownment and desertion [of Burns] by Jean Armour. |