Disendowment
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Disendowment is a noun meaning (dated) The ceasing of endowment or endowments, especially said of the church.
Meaning
(dated) The ceasing of endowment or endowments, especially said of the church.
Example Sentences
He denied that the disendowment of the Irish Church would be dangerous to the English Establishment
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.
Word Forms
- disendowments
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reendowment, endowment, cessation, secularization, ceasing, foundation.
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