page_title: Antidisestablishmentarianism
hierarchical_section_title: Antidisestablishmentarianism
context_page_description: Antidisestablishmentarianism is a position that advocates that a state Church should continue to receive government patronage, rather than be disestablished.
  In 19th-century Britain, it developed as a political movement in opposition to disestablishmentarianism, the Liberal Party's efforts to disestablish or remove the Church of England as the official state church of England, Ireland, and Wales. The Church's status has been maintained in England, but in Ireland, the Anglican Church of Ireland was disestablished in 1871. In Wales, four Church of England dioceses were disestablished in 1920 and became the Church in Wales. The position of antidisestablishmentarianism has been favoured by Christian nationalists.
  Antidisestablishmentarianism is also frequently noted as one of the longest non-scientific words in the English language. However, the word is not recorded in Merriam Webster's dictionary.
context_section_description: Antidisestablishmentarianism (/ˌæntidɪsɪˌstæblɪʃmənˈtɛəriənɪzəm/ (listen), US also /ˌæntaɪ-/ (listen)) is a position that advocates that a state Church should continue to receive government patronage, rather than be disestablished. 
  In 19th-century Britain, it developed as a political movement in opposition to disestablishmentarianism, the Liberal Party's efforts to disestablish or remove the Church of England as the official state church of England, Ireland, and Wales. The Church's status has been maintained in England, but in Ireland, the Anglican Church of Ireland was disestablished in 1871. In Wales, four Church of England dioceses were disestablished in 1920 and became the Church in Wales. The position of antidisestablishmentarianism has been favoured by Christian nationalists. 
  Antidisestablishmentarianism is also frequently noted as one of the longest non-scientific words in the English language. However, the word is not recorded in Merriam Webster's dictionary.
caption: Arms of the See of Canterbury, governing the Church of England