disestablish
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsɪˈstæblɪʃ/
Verb
disestablish (third-person singular simple present disestablishes, present participle disestablishing, simple past and past participle disestablished)
- To deprive an established church, military squadron, operations base, etc of its official status.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 556:
- Furthermore, disestablishing the Catholic church in February 1795 essentially instituted a free field in religious belief.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 556:
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