"latitudinarian" Definition

Definitions for the word "latitudinarian" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Indifferent to a strict application of any standard of belief or opinion; hence, deviating more or less widely from such standard; lax in doctrine; as, latitudinarian divines; latitudinarian theology.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Lax in moral or religious principles.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
One who is moderate in his notions, or not restrained by precise settled limits in opinion; one who indulges freedom in thinking.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A member of the Church of England, in the time of Charles II., who adopted more liberal notions in respect to the authority, government, and doctrines of the church than generally prevailed.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
One who departs in opinion from the strict principles of orthodoxy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. adj.
Liberal, esp. In religion. n. Latitudinarian person.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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