latitudinarian
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin lātitūdō (“latitude”) + -arian[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌlatɪtjuːdɪˈnɛːɹɪən/
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- (US) IPA(key): /lædɪtuːdəˈnɛɹi.ən/
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Adjective[edit]
latitudinarian (comparative more latitudinarian, superlative most latitudinarian)
- Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.
- Tolerant, especially of other people's religious views.
- 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar[1], London: Preface, page v:
- ’Tis probable, that the Account here given of the Religion of the Natives of Madagascar, may, by Some, be thought a mere Fiction, and inserted with no other View, than to advance some Latitudinarian Principles […]
- 1859, S. Austin Allibone, A Critical Dictionary of English Literature, Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, Volume I, under the entry “Franklin, Benjamin,” p. 630,[2]
- It is not to be doubted that intimacies with English freethinkers at this period, and with French deists and atheists at a later stage in his life, did much to engender those latitudinarian sentiments upon religious subjects which Franklin is known to have entertained.
- 2005, Tony Judt, “Culture Wars”, in Postwar: A history of Europe since 1945, London: Vintage Books, published 2010, →ISBN:
- […] their political tactics were to be more closely coordinated with Moscow and their latitudinarian approach to cultural affairs was to be replaced by Zdanov’s uncompromising thesis of the ‘two cultures’.
- Lax in moral or religious principles.
Translations[edit]
tolerant, especially of other people's religious views
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Noun[edit]
latitudinarian (plural latitudinarians)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
a person who is tolerant
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References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “latitudinarian”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.