[etni] FWD: RE: FYI - antidisestablishmentarianism

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Subject: RE: FYI - antidisestablishmentarianism
From: "Patricia Reifen" <patriciareifen@xxxxxxxxxxx>

To find out more go to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidisestablishmentarianism

Enjoy life,
Patricia


>  "antidisestablishmentarianism"
>According to Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary, which weighs
>a ton BTW,
>
>an-ti-dis-es-tab-lish-men-ta-ri-an-ism  n.
>opposition to the disestablishment of a church or religious body;
>specifically, strong opposition to the disestablishment of a State
>Church, as was manifested in Ireland in 1869, when Gladstone
>disestablished the Irish Church (Protestant) to which all the people,
>including Roman Catholics, had been compelled to pay tithes.
 

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