disendowments
/ˌdɪsɪnˈdaʊmənts/
noun
- Plural of disendowment; multiple instances of taking away financial endowments.
- Disendowments of charitable trusts often lead to legal challenges.
- The report examined the effects of various disendowments on public institutions.
- The historical records detail several disendowments of monasteries in the 16th century.