disendowers
/ˌdɪsɪnˈdaʊərz/
noun
- Plural of disendower; multiple people or groups that disendow institutions.
- The disendowers succeeded in their campaign, leaving the cathedral without its historic income.
- Historians often debate the motives of the disendowers who stripped the monasteries of their wealth.
- The disendowers included both politicians and activists who wanted to separate church and state.