disestablishverb [ T ]
uk/ˌdɪs.ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/us/ˌdɪs.ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/formalto take away official support and position from a Church or similar organized group
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Separating and dividing
- atomize
- bifurcate
- bifurcation
- bisect
- borderline
- branch
- dismember
- dissociate
- dissociate yourself from sth
- disunite
- divide
- divide/split (sth) down the middle idiom
- drift
- quarter
- ravel
- resolve
- resolve sth into sth
- rive
- riven
- tear 1
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disestablishment
noun [ U ] uk/ˌdɪs.ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/us/ˌdɪs.ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/
Examples from literature
- Its leaders were alarmed at the designs imputed to the newly reformed parliament of disestablishing the Anglican Church.
- Lord Charles is impatient to disestablish the Church.
- The ancient autocratic Imperial system had recently been disestablished, and a feudal system had taken its place.
- The ecclesiastical authorities wished peremptorily to disestablish the convent and filter its inmates through some neighboring religious houses more zealous and more edifying in their conduct.