Definition of Disendowment

1. n. The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments.

Definition of Disendowment

1. Noun. The act of depriving of an endowment or endowments. ¹

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Definition of Disendowment

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disendowment

disencloses
disenclosing
disencouragement
disencouragements
disencumber
disencumbered
disencumbering
disencumbers
disencumbrance
disencumbrances
disendow
disendowed
disendower
disendowers
disendowing
disendowment (current term)
disendowments
disendows
disenfranchise
disenfranchised
disenfranchises
disenfranchising
disengage
disengaged
disengagedness
disengagement
disengagements
disengager

Literary usage of Disendowment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law and Custom of the Constitution by William Reynell Anson (1907)
"The Irish Church is now a voluntary society, but th process of its disestablishment, disendowment, and partial re-endowment affords some illustration of the ..."

2. The Elements of English Constitutional History: From the Earliest Times to by Francis Charles Montague (1903)
"Disestablishment and disendowment of the Church of Ireland, 1869.—The Church of Ireland had been guaranteed by the Act of Union, but its existence was ..."

3. A Study in Nationality by John Vyrnwy Morgan (1911)
"CHAPTER V DISESTABLISHMENT AND disendowment THAT such an issue as ... Disestablishment and disendowment has become the one great central idea of the sects, ..."

4. Sketches from America by John White (1870)
"... of religious enmity has found place within her, has been for the most part a mere temporary outgrowth from the quarrels about Church disendowment. ..."

5. Sketches from America by John White (1870)
"... of religious enmity has found place within her, has been for the most part a mere temporary outgrowth from the quarrels about Church disendowment. ..."

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