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Disestablishment is in theory the annulling of establishment; but since an established Church is usually rich, disestablishment generally includes disendowment, even where there is no state endowment of religion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

The old monasteries had benefited to some extent from this disendowment of the secular clergy, the Augustinian canons, during the twelfth century, being the chief gainers by the pillage.

From The Coming of the Friars by Jessopp, Augustus

To the Utilitarian, in short, the removal of the disqualification of dissenters and Catholics was thus one step to the consummation which their logic demanded—the absolute disestablishment and disendowment of the church.

From The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

It was perfectly true that Henry the Fifth seriously contemplated the policy of disendowment, which Parliament had in vain suggested to his father.

From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Holt, Emily Sarah

Their organ, the British Quarterly Review, at some length showed how Mr. Gladstone’s pretended disendowment p. 113had given back the State Church property to the disestablished clergy in a capitalized shape. 

From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)