disendow

[dis-en-dou]

verb (used with object)

to deprive (a church, school, etc.) of endowment.

Origin of disendow

First recorded in 1860–65; dis-¹ + endow

Related formsdis·en·dow·er, noundis·en·dow·ment, noun

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The great business of the session of 1869 was, of course, the Bill to disestablish and disendow the Irish Church.
Sixty Years a Queen
Sir Herbert Maxwell

British Dictionary definitions for disendow

disendow

verb

(tr) to take away an endowment from

Derived Formsdisendower, noundisendowment, noun

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