- disestablishment
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Disestablishment — Dis es*tab lish*ment, n. 1. The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disestablishment — index annulment, defeasance, subversion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
disestablishment — noun The separation of church and state; the removal of a policy of having an official governing religion. As evangelicals defect in one direction and traditionalists in the other, and disestablishment beckons with the reform of the House of… … Wiktionary
Disestablishment — Dis|es|ta|blish|ment* [...is tæbliʃmənt] das; s <aus gleichbed. engl. disestablishment zu dis (vgl. ↑dis...) u. establishment, vgl. ↑Establishment> Entstaatlichung (der Kirche) … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
disestablishment — disestablish ► VERB ▪ deprive (an organization, especially a national Church) of its official status. DERIVATIVES disestablishment noun … English terms dictionary
disestablishment — noun see disestablish … New Collegiate Dictionary
disestablishment — See disestablish. * * * … Universalium
disestablishment — dis·es·tab·lish·ment || ‚dɪsɪ stæblɪʃmÉ™nt n. cancelling, abolishing; removal of state recognition of the church … English contemporary dictionary
disestablishment — n. 1. (Rare.) Abolition, annulment, discontinuance, abrogation, overthrow, subversion, destruction, annihilation, extinction. 2. Deprivation of public support, stripping of State authority, abolition as a State institution … New dictionary of synonyms
disestablishment — See: disestablish … English dictionary
