disestablishment

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɪs.ɪsˈtæblɪʃ.mənt/

Etymology

dis- +‎ establishment

Noun

disestablishment (countable and uncountable, plural disestablishments)

  1. The separation of church and state; the removal of a policy of having an official governing religion.
    As evangelicals defect in one direction and traditionalists in the other, and disestablishment beckons with the reform of the House of Lords ... — The Times, October 21, 2009, Desperate bishops invited Rome to park its tanks on Archbishop’s lawn by Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent

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