disestablishment

[dis-i-stab-lish-muhnt]

noun

1. the act or process of disestablishing, especially the removal of an institution from an official or state-supported status, such as a national church.

Example Sentences

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.

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“The whole point of the disestablishment of religion in the first place is being lost in the fog of this crisis,” he said.

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Leading nonconformist politicians, such as David Lloyd George, saw disestablishment as a way to assert national and linguistic identity.

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The result of disestablishment was a proliferation of healthy, private institutions.

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But neither would disestablishment be liberating for the church.

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