disestablishment
Americannoun
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She suspects any meaningful change would require a major overhaul, like disestablishment of the Church of England or a referendum on the monarchy, neither of which she expects to see any time soon.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2023
The result of disestablishment was a proliferation of healthy, private institutions.
From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2018
At the very least, voluntary associations won the hearts of critics like Lyman Beecher and reconciled them to religious disestablishment.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
Exactly the opposite happened, and it was only with the disestablishment of state religion that you had this great explosion of religious devotion.
From Washington Times • May 2, 2017
After some premonitory hints, he, in former days the great champion of state religion, declared for disestablishment.
From Irish History and the Irish Question by Smith, Goldwin
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