disendowments
disendowments is the plural of disendowment.
Meaning of disendowment
Noun
disendowment (countable and uncountable, plural disendowments)
- The ceasing of endowment or endowments, especially said of the church.
- We, the Irish Protestant clergy, are working very hard to uphold the dear old Church of England in Ireland; and, thank God, our efforts have been wonderfully blest since the disestablishment and disendowment 14 years ago.1886, Gerald Slade, Spare Minutes
Questions about disendowments
- What is disendowments the plural of?
- Disendowments is the plural of disendowment.
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