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disestablish

[ dis-i-stab-lish ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
  2. to withdraw exclusive state recognition or support from (a church).


disestablish

/ ˌɪɪˈæɪʃ /

verb

  1. tr to deprive (a church, custom, institution, etc) of established status
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ徱ˈٲ󳾱Գ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 徱e·ٲl·Գ noun
  • ܲd··ٲl adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of disestablish1

First recorded in 1590–1600; dis- 1 + establish
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Supreme Court, which found that much of eastern Oklahoma, including a large swath of its second-largest city, Tulsa, remains a Native American reservation because it were never disestablished by Congress.

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Supreme Court’s landmark 2020 decision that found that much of eastern Oklahoma, including Tulsa, remains an Indian reservation because it was never formally disestablished by Congress.

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“Wagner was going to be disestablished and we protested that decision,” Mr. Prigozhin said Monday.

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Supreme Court reversed the state child molestation convictions of McGirt because he is Native American and the crime occurred on a tribal reservation that was never disestablished by Congress.

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Federal policies at various points in history sought to disestablish reservations and force Native Americans into cities.

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