disestablishment

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Old French establissementbor. Middle English stablishment English establishment ▲ English dis- English establish Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English disestablishment By surface analysis, dis- + establishment or dis- + establish + -ment.

1. The downgrading or dissolution of something that had been established.
2. The downgrading or dissolution of something that had been established.

   “Disestablishment of the church would deprive the gentry of another property right – the right of presentation to a living, a right for which they or their ancestors had paid hard cash and which gave them useful opportunities of providing for a younger son or a poor relation.”

   “As evangelicals defect in one direction and traditionalists in the other, and disestablishment beckons with the reform of the House of Lords […].”