English

Verb

disestablish ‎(third-person singular simple present disestablishes, present participle disestablishing, simple past and past participle disestablished)

1. To deprive an established church, military squadron, operations base, etc of its official status.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 556:

     Furthermore, disestablishing the Catholic church in February 1795 essentially instituted a free field in religious belief.

Derived terms

• disestablishment
• disestablishmentarian
• disestablishmentarianism
• antidisestablishmentarianism