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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
disestablish .
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Examples
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A new subsection has also been inserted to make it clear that all local government structures, which had already held elections, could not be "disestablished" or their powers changed without the consent of the Minister or Premier concerned.
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One notes the contrast at the end of our century, when "disestablished" as a religion and its bonzes reduced to beggary, Hiyéi-san is used as the site of a Summer School of Christian Theology.
The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji William Elliot Griffis 1885
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Labuan [15] at one time boasted a Colonial Chaplain and gave its name to the Bishop's See; but in 1872 or 1873, the Church was "disestablished" and the few European Officials who formed the congregation were unable to support a Clergyman.
British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo 1884
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The recent report by Dame Margaret Bazley led to the resignation of four members of the agency's board and the new chairman Sir John Hansen said he regretted to announce that the position of chief executive had been "disestablished" and Mr Bannatyne would be replaced by a transition manager from the Justice Ministry.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2009
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"disestablished" because their existence resulted in the duplication of functions, Hlongwane said.
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"disestablished" will be a most bitter opponent of the plan, as was the
The Old Franciscan Missions Of California George Wharton James 1890
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'disestablished' paganism in favour of Christianity.
Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome 1881
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"disestablished" as an individual parish, and its affairs taken over by the diocese.
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The ACOB may be disestablished when USF-I withdraws from Iraq in December 2011.
David Isenberg: Dear U.S. State Department: Less BNS and More PNS, Please David Isenberg 2011
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The number of contractor personnel and locations will decline through the remainder of calendar year 2011 and may be disestablished at the end of the year.
David Isenberg: Dear U.S. State Department: Less BNS and More PNS, Please David Isenberg 2011
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