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单词 latitudinarian
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latitudinarianadj.n.

Brit. /ˌlatᵻˌtjuːdᵻˈnɛːrɪən/, /ˌlatᵻˌtʃuːdᵻˈnɛːrɪən/, U.S. /ˌlædəˌt(j)udnˈɛriən/
Etymology: < Latin lātitūdin-, lātitūdo latitude n., after trinitarian, etc. Compare French latitudinaire.
A. adj.
Allowing, favouring, or characterized by latitude in opinion or action, esp. in matters of religion; not insisting on strict adherence to or conformity with an established code, standard, formula, etc.; tolerating free thought or laxity of belief on religious questions; characteristic of the latitudinarians (see B.).
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > free thought > [adjective] > tolerating
latitudinarian1694
latitudinary1834
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > allowing or characterized by freedom
latitudinarian1694
1694 J. Collier Misc. v. 69 When you have made the most of it, I foresee this Latitudinarian Love will be expensive.
a1699 T. Comber Expos. Lord's Prayer in Compan. Temple (1702) II. 368 There were no such Latitudinarian Principles among the Apostles to believe, That every Man may be saved in his own Law, or Sect.
1733 Let. to Mr. Holden 26 in Ellys Plea for Sacram. Test. (1790) 39 The prevailing opinion of England is Latitudinarian.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature V. 200 There was a latitudinarian harmony..among the religions of the ancient world.
1812 P. B. Shelley Proposals for Assoc. Philanthropists 8 It is a very latitudinarian system of morality that permits its professor to employ bad means for any end whatever.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 606 Herpes..being..by others extended so widely as to include both the preceding and the ensuing genus..and in the latitudinarian sense of the term it is employed by Mr. B. Bell.
1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xiv. 401 The men most conspicuous in the reign of Charles II..were of the class who had been denominated Latitudinarian divines.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 182 His opinions respecting ecclesiastical polity and modes of worship were latitudinarian.
1858 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) II. 360 The sermon..very latitudinarian in doctrine.
B. n.
One who practises or favours latitude in thought, action, or conduct, esp. in religious matters; spec. one of those divines of the English Church in the 17th century, who, while attached to episcopal government and forms of worship, regarded them as things indifferent; hence, one who, though not a sceptic, is indifferent as to particular creeds and forms of church government or worship.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > creed > [noun] > indifference to > person
politic1533
politique1581
adiaphorist1607
politician1643
latitudinarian1662
anythingariana1704
indifferentist1807
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [noun] > one who acts freely > one who favours
latitudinarian1662
society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Anglicanism > Low Church > [noun] > person
Protestant1583
latitude man1662
latitudinarian1662
Low Churchman1698
low-flyer?1704
lowboy1707
Simeonite1795
Hoadlyite1800
evangelical1804
evangelic1812
peculiar1834
Sim1836
Recordite1844
evangelican1876
Kensitite1898
1662 S. Patrick Brief Acct. Latitude-men 7 Our Latitudinarians..are by all means for a Liturgy.
1669 S. Pepys Diary 16 Mar. (1976) IX. 485 Dr. Wilkins my friend, the Bishop of Chester..is a mighty rising man, as being a Latitudinarian.
1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer i. i Why, thou art a Latitudinarian in Friendship, that is no Friend; thou dost side with all Mankind, but wilt suffer for none.
a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 177 A Latitudinarian..believes the Way to Heaven is never the better for being strait.
1684 J. Goodman Old Relig. i. v. 61 To be such Latitudinarians, as to think it indifferent what Religion a man be of.
1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Latitudinarians in Religion, are those who profess a Freedom, and as it were a greater Latitude than usual in their Principles and Doctrine. It is also vulgarly applied to such as take a more than ordinary Liberty in their Lives and Conversations.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Latitudinarian, a Churchman at large, one that is no Slave to Rubrick..and in fine looks towards Lambeth, and rowes to Geneva.
1705 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 22 Nov. (O.H.S.) I. 92 This Discourse is a Justification of a Latitudinarian (the word was first hatch'd at Cambridge) against ye Zealous Nonconformists.
1753 Wesley Eng. Dict. Latitudinarian, one who fancies all religions are saving.
1822 S. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 6 These latitudinarians leant to Arminianism rather than to high Calvinism.
1859 All Year Round 5 Nov. 38 ‘I am afraid going abroad has made you a latitudinarian’, she said, anxiously.
1862 R. Vaughan Eng. Nonconformity 393 According to Baxter, the Latitudinarians were mostly Cambridge men.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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