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antidisestablishmentarian

antidisestablishmentarian noun: one who believes that the Church of England should retain its formal constitutional relationship with the state.

Noun

antidisestablishmentarian (plural antidisestablishmentarians)

  1. One who believes that the Church of England should retain its formal constitutional relationship with the state.
    • But the Free Kirk of the north of Scotland are strong anti-Disestablishmentarians. A meeting for Disestablishment can't be got up, even by popular Ministers.1892, letter of Edward White Benson, quoted in James Anderson Carr, The life-work of Edward White Benson, D.D., sometime Archbishop of Canterbury. London: Elliot Stock, 1898.
    • 1900 letter to Pall Mall Gazette
      A correspondent gives "nonintercommunicability" as the longest word In the English language. While reading the life of Archbishop Benson I came across the following extract from his diary for September, 1892 (page 411): "But the free kirk of the north of Scotland...

Adjective

antidisestablishmentarian (comparative more antidisestablishmentarian, superlative most antidisestablishmentarian)

  1. Of or relating to the belief that the Church of England should retain its formal constitutional relationship with the state.

Forms of antidisestablishmentarian

Noun
pluralantidisestablishmentarians
Adjective
comparativemore antidisestablishmentarian
superlativemost antidisestablishmentarian

Origin of antidisestablishmentarian

From anti- + disestablishment + -arian.

Questions about antidisestablishmentarian

What does antidisestablishmentarian mean?
Antidisestablishmentarian means one who believes that the Church of England should retain its formal constitutional relationship with the state.
What part of speech is antidisestablishmentarian?
Antidisestablishmentarian can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of antidisestablishmentarian?
The plural of antidisestablishmentarian is antidisestablishmentarians.

Words near antidisestablishmentarian in the dictionary

  1. antidiscriminative
  2. antidiscriminatory
  3. antidiscursive
  4. antidisease
  5. antidisestablishment
  6. antidisestablishmentarian
  7. antidisestablishmentarianism
  8. antidisestablishmentarianisms
  9. antidisestablishmentarianist
  10. antidisestablishmentarianistic
  11. antidisestablishmentarianists

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