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Definition of latitudinarian in English: latitudinarianadjective ˌlatɪtjuːdɪˈnɛːrɪənˌlædəˌt(j)udnˈɛriən Allowing latitude in religion; showing no preference among varying creeds and forms of worship. the latitudinarian clergy of the established Church Example sentencesExamples - Like their English counterparts, American latitudinarian Anglicans, such as Alexander Garden, also shaped Enlightened Dissent.
- New Hampshire, first settled by New England Congregationalists and by more latitudinarian Anglican colonists, was chartered in 1679.
- Surges of fashionable liberalism such as latitudinarian complacency in the early part of the century drew the fire of much satirical scepticism.
- In specifying severe judgment, as is widely recommended, are the bishops engaged in a form of retribution for having erred in the past by latitudinarian excess?
- But the swelling tide of latitudinarian theology and sentiment made it seem innocuous enough to most.
- Scholars describe the Leverett curriculum as ‘catholick,’ meaning that the tutors adopted a latitudinarian stance on many doctrinal issues.
Synonyms tolerant, unprejudiced, unbigoted, broad-minded, open-minded, enlightened, forbearing
noun ˌlatɪtjuːdɪˈnɛːrɪənˌlædəˌt(j)udnˈɛriən A person with a latitudinarian attitude. Example sentencesExamples - Wishy-washy latitudinarians that we are, the editors emphasize that each group is independent and works out whatever works best for participants.
- His ecumenical disposition tends toward the latitudinarian, although he has clarified that he does think there may still be church-dividing differences between Catholics and Lutherans.
- However, the writings of latitudinarians Tillotson, Stillingfleet, and Wilkins received the most accolades.
- Nor did he appeal at all to live-and-let-live latitudinarians.
- It is a commonplace to associate the low view of the episcopate not only with latitudinarians, but also with nineteenth-century evangelicals.
- His reputation was as a conciliator and latitudinarian, anxious not to oppress the dissenters.
Derivatives noun By then it had taken on some of the characteristics of the evangelical revival and shed its lukewarm latitudinarianism. Example sentencesExamples - Actually, some figures of the period, such as Hans Denck and Sebastian Franck, did; but latitudinarianism was itself regarded as a heresy.
- The latitudinarianism of the incumbent rabbi was attuned to the religious outlook of the congregation's membership, for whom Orthodoxy was a matter of preference, not of practice.
- He spurns the label of ‘laxity’ for latitudinarianism and defends Anglicanism as a venerable bulwark against the encroachments and excesses of Rome.
Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin latitudo 'breadth' (see latitude) + -arian. The term was first applied in a derogatory sense to more liberal and tolerant Anglican clerics. Rhymes agrarian, antiquarian, apiarian, Aquarian, Arian, Aryan, authoritarian, barbarian, Bavarian, Bulgarian, Caesarean (US Cesarean), centenarian, communitarian, contrarian, Darien, disciplinarian, egalitarian, equalitarian, establishmentarian, fruitarian, Gibraltarian, grammarian, Hanoverian, humanitarian, Hungarian, libertarian, librarian, majoritarian, millenarian, necessarian, necessitarian, nonagenarian, octogenarian, ovarian, Parian, parliamentarian, planarian, predestinarian, prelapsarian, proletarian, quadragenarian, quinquagenarian, quodlibetarian, Rastafarian, riparian, rosarian, Rotarian, sabbatarian, Sagittarian, sanitarian, Sauveterrian, sectarian, seminarian, septuagenarian, sexagenarian, topiarian, totalitarian, Trinitarian, ubiquitarian, Unitarian, utilitarian, valetudinarian, vegetarian, veterinarian, vulgarian Definition of latitudinarian in US English: latitudinarianadjectiveˌlædəˌt(j)udnˈɛriənˌladəˌt(y)o͞odnˈerēən Allowing latitude in religion; showing no preference among varying creeds and forms of worship. the latitudinarian clergy of the established Church Example sentencesExamples - Surges of fashionable liberalism such as latitudinarian complacency in the early part of the century drew the fire of much satirical scepticism.
- Scholars describe the Leverett curriculum as ‘catholick,’ meaning that the tutors adopted a latitudinarian stance on many doctrinal issues.
- In specifying severe judgment, as is widely recommended, are the bishops engaged in a form of retribution for having erred in the past by latitudinarian excess?
- Like their English counterparts, American latitudinarian Anglicans, such as Alexander Garden, also shaped Enlightened Dissent.
- New Hampshire, first settled by New England Congregationalists and by more latitudinarian Anglican colonists, was chartered in 1679.
- But the swelling tide of latitudinarian theology and sentiment made it seem innocuous enough to most.
Synonyms tolerant, unprejudiced, unbigoted, broad-minded, open-minded, enlightened, forbearing
nounˌlædəˌt(j)udnˈɛriənˌladəˌt(y)o͞odnˈerēən A person with a latitudinarian attitude. Example sentencesExamples - His reputation was as a conciliator and latitudinarian, anxious not to oppress the dissenters.
- Nor did he appeal at all to live-and-let-live latitudinarians.
- Wishy-washy latitudinarians that we are, the editors emphasize that each group is independent and works out whatever works best for participants.
- However, the writings of latitudinarians Tillotson, Stillingfleet, and Wilkins received the most accolades.
- His ecumenical disposition tends toward the latitudinarian, although he has clarified that he does think there may still be church-dividing differences between Catholics and Lutherans.
- It is a commonplace to associate the low view of the episcopate not only with latitudinarians, but also with nineteenth-century evangelicals.
Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin latitudo ‘breadth’ (see latitude) + -arian. The term was first applied in a derogatory sense to more liberal and tolerant Anglican clerics. |