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disestablishments

disestablishments is the plural of disestablishment.

Meaning of disestablishment

Noun

disestablishment (countable and uncountable, plural disestablishments)

  1. The downgrading or dissolution of something that had been established.
    Antonyms:
    establishment
    1. Specifically, the removal of state privileges or patronage from a given church; the removal of a policy of having an official governing religion.
      • Disestablishment of the church would deprive the gentry of another property right – the right of presentation to a living, a right for which they or their ancestors had paid hard cash and which gave them useful opportunities of providing for a younger son or a poor relation.1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 77

Questions about disestablishments

What is disestablishments the plural of?
Disestablishments is the plural of disestablishment.

Words near disestablishments in the dictionary

  1. disestablishment
  2. disestablishmentarian
  3. disestablishmentarianism
  4. disestablishmentarianisms
  5. disestablishmentarians
  6. disestablishments
  7. disestablisht
  8. disesteem
  9. disesteemed
  10. disesteemer
  11. disesteemers

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