disestablishing
- present participle of disestablish.
Example Sentences
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“I have not heard anyone seriously contemplating the idea of disestablishing it,” Harrison said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2020
But quickly that changed and people saw that that was not consistent with the fundamental freedom of the revolutionary spirit and you had the process of disestablishing all of these state churches over time.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2017
In “Phineas Redux,” Mr. Daubeny, the Conservative Disraeli figure, decides to keep power by proposing the radical idea of disestablishing the Church of England.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 27, 2015
Thus the Sunday Closing Act was celebrated in Wales as an important step on the road to disestablishing the Anglican church and getting the nonconformist chapels recognised on the same footing.
From BBC • Aug. 4, 2011
In this speech he declared himself in favour of putting Catholics, Anglicans, and Dissenters on an equality; not by disestablishing the English Church in Ireland, but by endowing the Catholics.
From Lady John Russell by
