disestablishment /dɪs.ɪsˈtæblɪʃ.mənt/ noun2 •The downgrading or dissolution of something that had been established. •Specifically, the removal of state privileges or patronage from a given church; the removal of a policy of having an official governing religion.As evangelicals defect in one direction and traditionalists in the other, and disestablishment beckons with the reform of the House of Lords […]. — 2009 formsdisestablishments