Disestablish

Quick meaning: Disestablish is a verb meaning To deprive (an established church, military squadron, operations base, etc.) of its official status.

Meaning

To deprive (an established church, military squadron, operations base, etc.) of its official status.

More Meanings

1. To abolish (an existing position of employment).

Example Sentences

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

Ah, but the virtue of public education, it is said, is that it is secular and non-denominational. Don't count on it. Massachusetts, the last state to disestablish religion (1832), didn't until July of 1978 decide that it was unconstitutional for the public school system to subsidize religious schools through so-called textbook loans.

Word Forms

• disestablishes
• disestablishing
• disestablished

Synonyms for disestablish

Depending on context, synonyms include abolish, disempower, dissolve, unincorporate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include repeal, abrogate, abolish, unestablish, dischurch, disempower.

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