The act or process of removing official status or support from an institution, especially a church; the state of being disestablished.
From disestablish plus the suffix -ment, forming a noun that describes the action or result. This term became prominent in 19th-century political and religious debates.
The Disestablishment movement in Britain was so famous that it shaped modern democracy—it established the principle that government should stay neutral on religion. Today, this principle exists in most democracies, all because of 1800s disestablishment!
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