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antidisestablishmentarian

Definitions

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  • noun One who believes that the Church of England should retain its formal constitutional relationship with the state.
  • adjective Of or relating to the belief that the Church of England should retain its formal constitutional relationship with the state.

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Examples

  • My brother has been putting together a large assortment of high grade undergrounds over the last few years, and it constantly amazes me that this type of truly small press material, which often was issued in limited print runs by admittedly avante garde, antidisestablishmentarian, counter-culture individuals, doesn't fetch the premium pricing that the latest gimmicked-up, alternate-covered, piece of mundane dreck does - once the CGC gets its grubby mitts on it.

    Retro-View: Anus Clenching Adventure With Harold Hedd Chuck Wells 2010

  • One wonders that if Barak Obama is elected president, would Rick Warren then become an antidisestablishmentarian?

    Philocrites: Rick Warren, newly ascended establishmentarian. 2008

  • Vis-a-vis the states, the very same language is antidisestablishmentarian.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Originalist Sacrifices: 2004

  • Democrats and Republicans agree that everyone is entitled to believe as they choose, but any sort of ostentatious display of said religion by a political leader is considered borderline antidisestablishmentarian.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Given the explicit reference to Congress in the First Amendment, a reference not found in any other article of the Bill of Rights, isn't the First Amendment actually antidisestablishmentarian vis-a-vis a state's powers to establish its own religion?

    Planet Atheism 2009

  • Given the explicit reference to Congress in the First Amendment, a reference not found in any other article of the Bill of Rights, isn't the First Amendment actually antidisestablishmentarian vis-a-vis a state's powers to establish its own religion?

    Planet Atheism 2009

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