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antidisestablishmentarian en · ADJ
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English anti-
Latin dis-
Old French des-bor.
Latin dis-bor.
Middle English dis-
English dis-
English establishment
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English dis-
English establish
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English disestablishment
English -arian
English antidisestablishmentarian
From anti- + disestablishment + -arian.
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Of or relating to the belief that the Church of England should retain its formal constitutional relationship with the state.
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antidisestablishmentarianism
antidisestablishmentarian en · NOUN
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Etymology
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English anti-
Latin dis-
Old French des-bor.
Latin dis-bor.
Middle English dis-
English dis-
English establishment
▲
English dis-
English establish
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English disestablishment
English -arian
English antidisestablishmentarian
From anti- + disestablishment + -arian.
Meanings
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One who believes that the Church of England should retain its formal constitutional relationship with the state.
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.
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.
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 are strong antidisestablishmentarians"—ten syllables, twenty-six letters!
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fi valtiokirkon puolustaja (one who believes that the Church of England should retain its formal constitutional relationship with the state)