disestablish

dis·es·tab·lish

to deprive of the status of being established
to deprive (a state church) of official sanction and support by the government

disestablish

transitive verb

dis·es·tab·lished, dis·es·tab·lish·ing, dis·es·tab·lish·es

To alter the status of (something established by authority or general acceptance).
To deprive (a church) of official governmental support.

Related Forms:

dis′es·tab′lish·ment
noun

disestablish

Verb

(third-person singular simple present disestablishes, present participle disestablishing, simple past and past participle disestablished)

To deprive (an established church) of its official status.

Origin

From dis- +‎ establish.

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

" The government can do nothing that would tend to raise a suspicion of their sincerity in proposing to disestablish the Irish Church, and to withdraw all state endowments from all religious communions in Ireland; but, were these conditions accepted, all other matters connected with the question might, the queen thinks, become the subject of discussion and negotiation."

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