What is "disestablishment"

Disestablishment \Dis`es*tab"lish*ment\, n.

1. The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament.

2. The condition of being disestablished.

n. The separation of church and state; the removal of a policy of having an official governing religion.

n. the act terminating an established state of affairs; especially ending a connection with the Church of England