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establishmentarian
[??stabl??m(?)n't?:r??n]
¦ adjective advocating or relating to the principle of an established Church.
¦ noun a person advocating this.
Derivatives
establishmentarianism noun
Establishmentarian
·noun One who regards the Church primarily as an establishment formed by the State, and overlooks its intrinsic spiritual character.
Examples of use of establishmentarian
1. Today it is more establishmentarian, less electrifying.
2. McCain‘s transition from 2000 maverick to 2008 establishmentarian was symbolized by his election–eve rally aboard the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier (now a museum) in Charleston harbor.
3. War, uncertain economic times and vertiginous change in social and cultural matrices leave in the dust the sweet reasonableness and hopes for consensus–building that the old establishmentarian Lieberman practiced.