Unitarian

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Etymology

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Related to New Latin ūnitārius (from Latin ūnitās (unity)) -an. First documented as unitaria religio, in a decree of the Diet of Lécfalva (1600). In English since 1687 [1]

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Unitarian (plural Unitarians)

  1. (now inexact) Alternative letter-case form of unitarian: any Christian who denies the doctrine of the Trinity.
    Antonym: Trinitarian
    • 1836, Alexander Fleming, A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Presbytery of Paisley,:
      But since Smith's ( of Norwich ) Bill passed , in 1813 , relieving Unitarians, as a religious sect, from the operation of the old law
  2. A follower of Unitarian Universalism or a similar non-credal religion that originated historically from Christian Unitarianism.
    Synonym: Unitarian Universalist
    • 2020, Jenny Offill, Weather, Granta Books (2021), page 197:
      The Unitarians never kneel. But I want to kneel.
  3. (rare) Alternative letter-case form of unitarian: any monotheist, particularly non-Christian monotheists (Muslims, Jews, etc.) as discussed from a Christian perspective.
  4. A member of a political movement advocating a unitary state rather than a federal one, especially the Unitarios of nineteenth century Argentina (known as the Unitarian Party in English).

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Unitarian (comparative more Unitarian, superlative most Unitarian)

  1. Pertaining to Unitarianism.

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  1. ^ Stephen Nye (1687) A brief history of the Unitarians: called also Socinians. In four letters, written to a Friend[1]