disestablishmentarians
Church-state separation supporters
Disestablishmentarians are people who advocate for separating an official state church from government.
The term arose in 19th-century Britain during debates over the Church of England's privileged status.
Today it appears mainly as a vocabulary curiosity—antidisestablishmentarianism being famous as an unusually long English word.
Church of England member
- Church of EnglandBritain's state religion
- state churchGovernment-recognized official religion
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- ecclesiasticalRelating to church matters
bishops · parishes · tithes · church property · religious freedom · denominational · pluralism · tolerance
Of a prim era
- nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
- GladstoneAnglo-Saxon hereditary name
- Liberal PartyCentre-left political organization
- WalesCeltic British principality
Ireland · parliamentary debate · Whigs · Oxford Movement · British Empire · colonial churches · constitutional reform · House of Lords
Autonomy-seeking faction members
- secularistsAdvocates for nonreligious governance
- reformersAdvocates for institutional improvement
- activistsPeople working for causes
- campaignersPeople promoting a cause
advocates · abolitionists · church-state separation · liberationists · radicals · progressives · dissenters · nonconformists
Anglican
Church of England member
- Church of EnglandBritain's state religion
- state churchGovernment-recognized official religion
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
ecclesiastical · bishops · parishes · tithes · church property · religious freedom · denominational · pluralism · tolerance · Methodist
Victorian
Of a prim era
- nineteenth-centuryThe years 1801-1900
- GladstoneAnglo-Saxon hereditary name
- Liberal PartyCentre-left political organization
Wales · Ireland · parliamentary debate · Whigs · Oxford Movement · British Empire · colonial churches · constitutional reform · House of Lords
separatists
Autonomy-seeking faction members
- secularistsAdvocates for nonreligious governance
- reformersAdvocates for institutional improvement
- activistsPeople working for causes
campaigners · advocates · abolitionists · church-state separation · liberationists · radicals · progressives · dissenters · nonconformists · challengers
disestablishmentarianstraditionalists
Upholders of established customs
antidisestablishmentarianism, antidisestablishmentarian, disestablishmentarianism