antidisestablishmentarianism

Noun. A political philosophy opposed to the separation of a religious group ("church") and a government ("state"), especially the belief held by those in 19th century England opposed to separating the Anglican church from the civil government (but chiefly in use as an example of a long word) or to refer to separation of church and state.(defdate, from 20th c.) .

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