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Antonyms for latitudinarian
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : lat-i-tood-n-air-ee-uh n, -tyood- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌlæt ɪˌtud nˈɛər i ən, -ˌtyud- |
Definition of latitudinarian
Origin :- 1660s, "characterized by broad-mindedness," especially in reference to Episcopal clergymen indifferent to doctrinal details; from Latin latitudin-, from latitude in its meaning "freedom from narrow restrictions" (c.1600). Related: Latitudinarianism.
- As in liberal : adj progressive
- As in permissive : adj lenient
- As in liberalistic : adj liberal
- Tillotson was so latitudinarian that his churchmanship was nebulous.
- Extract from : « Cornish Characters » by S. Baring-Gould
- He was a latitudinarian, without a spark of feeling for historic Christianity.
- Extract from : « Cornish Characters » by S. Baring-Gould
- We live in decent times; frigid, latitudinarian, alarmed, decorous.
- Extract from : « Coningsby » by Benjamin Disraeli
- The Dean took it with smiles; but then the Dean was a Latitudinarian.
- Extract from : « The Marriage of William Ashe » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- Some few were Arian, some were Socinian, and some quite Latitudinarian.
- Extract from : « Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again » by Joseph Barker
- I had always associated this party with latitudinarian principles.
- Extract from : « Children of the Market Place » by Edgar Lee Masters
- The Athanasian Creed controversy furnishes some striking examples of both conservative and latitudinarian opinions.
- Extract from : « The Churches and Modern Thought » by Philip Vivian
- His ecclesiastical position was Erastian and latitudinarian, and his practical aim in Church politics comprehension.
- Extract from : « A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature » by John W. Cousin
- He strenuously inculcated the views of Christian doctrine most opposed to those of the Latitudinarian party.
- Extract from : « Rides on Railways » by Samuel Sidney
- Latitudinarian opinions revived, and the church was regarded merely as a human institution.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 » by Various
Synonyms for latitudinarian
- acquiescent
- advanced
- agreeable
- allowing
- approving
- avant-garde
- broad
- broad-minded
- catholic
- easy-going
- enlightened
- flexible
- forbearing
- free
- general
- high-minded
- humanistic
- humanitarian
- indulgent
- intelligent
- interested
- latitudinarian
- lax
- left
- lenient
- liberal
- libertarian
- loose
- magnanimous
- open-minded
- permissive
- permitting
- progressive
- radical
- rational
- reasonable
- receiving
- receptive
- reformist
- susceptible
- tolerant
- unbiased
- unbigoted
- unconventional
- understanding
- unorthodox
- unprejudiced
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