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establishmentarian, a. and n.|ɪˌstæblɪʃmənˈtɛərɪən|
[f. prec. + -arian.]
A. adj.
1. a. Advocating the principle of an established church; characteristic of those who advocate this principle. b. That adheres to or favours a church for the reason that it is established.
1847Ecclesiologist VII. 173 The old establishmentarian leaven is not worked out, far from it. 1858Sat. Rev. V. 387/1 The analogous form of this faith..has taken an Erastian and Establishmentarian turn. 1875Gladstone Glean. VI. lv. 171 The prosecutors..are strongly (to use a barbarous word) establishmentarian. 1878G. A. Denison Notes of My Life (ed. 2) 79 The Church Corporate cannot be said to be in substance other than Establishmentarian.
2. Belonging to the Established Church.
1849Fraser's Mag. XXXIX. 128 Children of Methodist, Baptist..and Establishmentarian parents.
B. n. One who supports the principle of an ‘Establishment’ or an Established Church. Also, an adherent of the Established Church.
1846Hook Educ. People 37 Those who, like myself, are called High Churchmen, have little or no sympathy with mere Establishmentarians. 1862Sat. Rev. XIV. 417/2 They [Baptists and Independents] were all generally Establishmentarians; but they could make no other claim to be established than that of numbers and power. 1879Daily News 28 June 6/1 The Nonconformists have made inroads on the ranks of the Establishmentarians.
Hence establishmenˈtarianism, the tenets of an establishmentarian; attachment to the principle of a State Church.
1873F. Hall Mod. Eng. 44 Establishmentarianism was wont to roll over the prelatial [Abp. Trench's] tongue. 1876Tinsley's Mag. XVIII. 386 The days of Establishmentarianism would be numbered.
Add:[A.] 3. Pertaining to or characteristic of the establishment (sense 8 b); supportive of or favouring the establishment and its values; establishment-minded, conservative.
1962Punch 26 Dec. 937/3 The sober and establishmentarian Sunday Times. 1972Daily Tel. 7 Dec. 19/8 The Board of Governors, presided over by the Earl of Harewood, is an essentially Establishmentarian body. 1973G. W. Hart Right from Start iii. 104 The same amateurs, both workers and contributors, were also less deeply establishmentarian in their thinking. 1988Daily Tel. 12 Jan. 10/6 The newsreels, with their portentous, plummy-voiced, super-patriotic commentators.., project an Olympian, establishmentarian, all-knowing image.
[B.] 2. One who belongs to or favours the establishment (sense 8 b).
1962J. K. Galbraith Jrnl. 19 Feb. in Ambassador's Jrnl. (1969) xv. 305 He is in, which is the basic position of all Establishmentarians. 1966Economist 12 Mar. 967/1 British businessmen, trade union leaders, economists, politicians, civil servants and City establishmentarians. 1976N. Thornburg Cutter & Bone i. 21 They were..secret establishmentarians in counterculture drag. 1989Times 6 Jan. 14/7 The centre-right would-be Establishmentarians are as infuriated by Spy as their centre-left counterparts in the media Establishment. |
