Disestablish

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disestablish \Dis`es*tab"lish\, v. t.
     To unsettle; to break up (anything established); to deprive,
     as a church, of its connection with the state. --M. Arnold.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  disestablish
       v : deprive (an established church) of its status