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Antidisestablishmentarianism (listen to British sample (info), American sample (info)) is a political position which originated in nineteenth century Britain, where "antidisestablishmentarians" were opposed to proposals to remove the Church of England's status as the state church of England.The movement succeeded in predominantly Anglican England, but failed overwhelmingly in Roman Catholic Ireland – where the Church of Ireland was disestablished in 1871 – and in Wales whose Church of Wales was disestablished in 1920. Antidisestablishmentarian members of the Free Church of Scotland delayed merger with the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland in a dispute about the position of the Church of Scotland.The term has largely fallen into disuse, although the issue itself is still current (see Act of Settlement 1701).