🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

separação entre Igreja e Estado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sepaɾasɐ̃w ẽtɾe iɡɾɛʒɐ i estaɡu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Religious disestablishment/rɪˈlɪdʒəs dɪs.ɪsˈtæb.lɪʃ.mənt/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A separação entre Igreja e Estado fortaleceu a liberdade religiosa."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act or process of depriving a church of its status as the national or official religion of a state.

    "The country's transition toward religious disestablishment ensured the complete neutrality of the government in matters of faith."
  2. 2

    The constitutional or legal separation of church and state, ending state patronage and financial support for a specific denomination.

    "Religious disestablishment was a cornerstone of the new constitution, guaranteeing equal treatment for all religious groups."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of religious (from Latin religiosus) and disestablishment, formed by adding the negative prefix dis- to establishment (from Latin stabilire, to make firm). The term gained prominence during historical political movements in the 17th to 20th centuries aimed at separating state and church institutions, particularly in Europe and the Americas.

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🇫🇷French → English

séparation des Églises et de l'État

Transliteration: sepaʁasjɔ̃ de zekliz e de leta

"La désétablissement religieuse a transformé le paysage politique de la nation."

🇩🇪German → English

Trennung von Staat und Kirche

Transliteration: tʁɛnʊŋ fɔn ʃtaat ʊnt kɪʁçə

"Die Trennung von Staat und Kirche ist ein Grundprinzip der modernen Demokratie."

🇮🇹Italian → English

separazione tra Stato e Chiesa

Transliteration: separattsjone tra stato e kjɛza

"La separazione tra Stato e Chiesa ha garantito la libertà di culto."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

separación entre Iglesia y Estado

Transliteration: sepaɾasjón entɾe iglésja i estádo

"La separación entre Iglesia y Estado es fundamental para la laicidad."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

separação entre Igreja e Estado

Transliteration: sepaɾasɐ̃w ẽtɾe iɡɾɛʒɐ i estaɡu

"A separação entre Igreja e Estado fortaleceu a liberdade religiosa."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

धर्मनिरपेक्षता

Transliteration: dharmanairepekshata

"धार्मिक अलगाव राज्य को किसी एक धर्म के प्रति तटस्थ रखता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

政教分离

Transliteration: zhèngjiào fēnlí

"政教分离是现代宪政国家的核心原则之一。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

정교분리

Transliteration: jeonggyobunri

"정교분리 원칙은 국가가 특정 종교를 우대하지 않도록 보장합니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

政教分離

Transliteration: seikyō bunri

"政教分離の原則は信教の自由を守るために不可欠である。"

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