disestablish
to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
to withdraw exclusive state recognition or support from (a church).
Origin of disestablish
1Other words from disestablish
- dis·es·tab·lish·ment, noun
- un·dis·es·tab·lished, adjective
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How to use disestablish in a sentence
Lines of division remained strongly marked, and those who aimed at Disestablishment were bent on a more sweeping change.
Recollections of a Long Life | John StoughtonIn Ireland, ecclesiastical law disappeared with the disestablishment of the Church.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousDisestablishment a crime against God; sermon preached by the Vicar of something Parva in eighteen seventy three.
Three Plays by Granville-Barker | Harley Granville-BarkerNeed he repeat to me his thankfulness at my new attitude upon Disestablishment .
Three Plays by Granville-Barker | Harley Granville-BarkerThat idea was consistently rejected, and, stranger still, the idea of disestablishment and separation was almost unperceived.
Lectures on the French Revolution | John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
British Dictionary definitions for disestablish
/ (ˌdɪsɪˈstæblɪʃ) /
(tr) to deprive (a church, custom, institution, etc) of established status
Derived forms of disestablish
- disestablishment, noun
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