Latitudinarian meaning

lătĭ-to͝odn-ârē-ən, -tyo͝od-
A person who is tolerant of others' religious views.
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Holding or expressing broad or tolerant views, especially in religious matters.
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A member of a group of Anglican Christians active from the 17th through the 19th century who were opposed to dogmatic positions of the Church of England and allowed reason to inform theological interpretation and judgment.
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Liberal in one's views; permitting free thought, esp. in religious matters; very tolerant.
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A person who has very liberal views and, in religion, is tolerant of a wide variety of doctrines and forms of worship.
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Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.
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Tolerant, especially of other people's religious views.
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Lax in moral or religious principles.
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Origin of latitudinarian

  • Latin lātitūdō lātitūdin- latitude latitude –arian

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin latitudo (“latitude") +"Ž -arian

    From Wiktionary

Latitudinarian Sentence Examples

  • The name was used in the early part of the 18th century as the equivalent of "Latitudinarian," i.e.

  • Spurr's emphasis is upon the survival of sacerdotal conceptions over the commonly accepted latitudinarian moralism.

  • But we are not to suppose that even he, latitudinarian and innovator as he was, could have conceived the possibility of abolishing an institution so deeply rooted in the social conditions, as well as in the ideas, of his time.

  • "Latitudinarian" gave place at the same time to "Broad Churchman," to designate those who lay stress on the ethical teaching of the Church and minimize the value of orthodoxy.

  • Paley's latitudinarian views are said to have debarred him from the highest positions in the Church.

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