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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
latitudinarian \lat`itu`dina"rian\, a. cf. f.
latitudinaire.
1. not restrained; not confined by precise limits.
1913 webster
2. indifferent to a strict application of any standard of
belief or opinion; hence, deviating more or less widely
from such standard; lax in doctrine; as, latitudinarian
divines; latitudinarian theology.
1913 webster
latitudinarian sentiments upon religious subjects.
--allibone.
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3. lax in moral or religious principles.
1913 webster
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
latitudinarian \lat`itu`dina"rian\, n.
1. one who is moderate in his notions, or not restrained by
precise settled limits in opinion; one who indulges
freedom in thinking.
1913 webster
2. eng. eccl. hist. a member of the church of england, in
the time of charles ii., who adopted more liberal notions
in respect to the authority, government, and doctrines of
the church than generally prevailed.
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they were called "men of latitude;" and upon this,
men of narrow thoughts fastened upon them the name
of latitudinarians. --bp. burnet.
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3. theol. one who departs in opinion from the strict
principles of orthodoxy.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
latitudinarian
adj : unwilling to accept authority or dogma especially in
religion syn: free-thinking, undogmatic, undogmatical
n : a person who is broad-minded and tolerant especially in
standards of religious belief and conduct
see also:
free-thinking undogmatic undogmatical
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
29 moby thesaurus words for "latitudinarian":
big person, broad-gauge person, broad-minded, ecumenicist,
esprit fort, free lance, free spirit, free trader, freethinker,
freethinking, humanist, independent, individualist, isolationist,
liberal, liberalist, liberalistic, libertarian, libertine, mugwump,
neutral, nonpartisan, open-minded, rugged individualist,
secular humanist, third force, third world, tolerant, unbigoted
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