antidisestablishmentarian
Opposes separating church-state
An antidisestablishmentarian opposes removing an established church from its official state role—specifically, in British history, someone who wanted to preserve the Church of England's status as the state church.
The word is famous mainly for its length and appears more often in discussions of long words than in actual use: Antidisestablishmentarian was always the answer when someone asked for the longest word in English.
Adherent to established customs
- status quoExisting condition of affairs
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
orthodoxy · defender · upholder · institutional · resistance · opposition · countermovement · reactionary
Official enactment of statutes
- VictorianOf a prim era
- GladstoneAnglo-Saxon hereditary name
- Liberal PartyCentre-left political organization
- ToryBritish right-wing partisan
reform · secularization · church-state · separation · constitutional · monarchy
Church of England member
- Church of EnglandBritain's state religion
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
- parishLocal church community
diocese · ecclesiastical · synod · episcopal · vestry · rectory · state church · chapel
Study of the divine
- ecclesiologyStudy of church theology
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- creedStatement of belief
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
heresy · apologetics · catechism · Oxford Movement · Anglo-Catholic · religious authority
traditionalist
Adherent to established customs
- status quoExisting condition of affairs
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
heritage · orthodoxy · defender · upholder · institutional · resistance · opposition · countermovement · reactionary · maintaining
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- VictorianOf a prim era
- GladstoneAnglo-Saxon hereditary name
- Liberal PartyCentre-left political organization
Tory · reform · secularization · church-state · separation · constitutional · monarchy
Anglican
Church of England member
- Church of EnglandBritain's state religion
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
parish · diocese · ecclesiastical · synod · episcopal · vestry · rectory · state church · chapel · altar
theology
Study of the divine
- ecclesiologyStudy of church theology
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- creedStatement of belief
orthodoxy · heresy · apologetics · catechism · Oxford Movement · Anglo-Catholic · religious authority
antidisestablishmentarianseparationist
Advocate for splitting apart
liberationist · voluntaryist · secularist · nonconformist · dissenter
antidisestablishmentariansecularist
Advocate for nonreligious governance