Dictionary entry

Disestablishment

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dis′es‐tab″lish‐ment (?), n. 1. 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.

2. The condition of being disestablished.