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Definition of Disestablishment
1. Noun. The act terminating an established state of affairs; especially ending a connection with the Church of England.
Definition of Disestablishment
1. n. The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament.
Definition of Disestablishment
1. Noun. The separation of church and state; the removal of a policy of having an official governing religion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disestablishment
Literary usage of Disestablishment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum ...by George Knottesford Fortescue by George Knottesford Fortescue (1902)
"SMITH (RB) Konsens of a Liberal for opposing disestablishment, pp.30. Land. 1885.
8°. ... A.) The thing vulgarly called: disestablishment pp.34. Land. 1886. ..."
2. The Contemporary Review (1871)
"The " disestablishment " of the Monarchy, or of the House of Lords, or of the
Army, would be phrases in themselves quite as legitimate as the ..."
3. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1877)
"On these grounds it may not be an altogether barren enquiry to ask, what will be
the effects of disestablishment on the Church of England, supposing it ..."
4. The Fortnightly Review (1883)
"I.—THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF disestablishment. To any lawyer who considers the subject
of disestablishment from a legal point of view, a suspicion suggests ..."
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