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opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
given to using long words.
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
early 15c., from O.Fr. pronosticacion (14c.), from M.L. prognosticationem (nom. prognosticatio), from prognosticatus, pp. of prognosticare "foretell," from L. prognostica "sign to forecast weather," from neuter plural of Gk. prognostikos "foreknowing," from progignoskein (see prognosis).