Antidisestablishmentarianism

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Antidisestablishmentarianism

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opposition to disestablishment of the Church of England, 1838, said by Weekley to be first recorded in Gladstone’s “Church and State.” The establishment is “the ecclesiastical system established by law” (1731), specifically “the Church of England” (1731). Hence establishmentarianism “the principle of a state church” (1846) and disestablish (1590s) “to deprive (a church) of especial state patronage and support” (first used specifically of Christian churches in 1806), which are married in this word. Rarely used at all now except in examples of the longest words, amongst which it has been counted at least since 1901.