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disestablish(dictionary)

disestablish (iou)



disestablish verb trans. L16.
[from DIS- 2 + ESTABLISH.]
Terminate the establishment of, depose from an official position; spec. deprive (a Church) of a special State connection and support, remove from a position as the national or State Church.
disestablisher noun M19.
dises'tablishment noun the action or process of disestablishing, esp. a Church E19.
dise,stablishmen'tarian noun an advocate of disestablishment L19.
dise,stablishmen'tarianism noun (usu. as a factitious long word) L19.