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disestablishment

American  
[dis-i-stab-lish-muhnt] / ˌdɪs ɪˈstæb lɪʃ mənt /

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.


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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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