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- Dictionarylatitudinarian/ˌlatɪˌtjuːdɪˈnɛːrɪən/
adjective
- 1. allowing latitude in religion; showing no preference among varying creeds and forms of worship: "the latitudinarian clergy of the established Church"
noun
- 1. a person with a latitudinarian attitude.
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The meaning of LATITUDINARIAN is not insisting on strict conformity to a particular doctrine or standard : tolerant; specifically : tolerant of variations in religious opinion or doctrine.
Latitudinarians, or latitude men, were initially a group of 17th-century English theologians – clerics and academics – from the University of Cambridge who were moderate Anglicans (members of the Church of England ).
Latitudinarian definition: allowing or characterized by latitude in opinion or conduct, especially in religious views.. See examples of LATITUDINARIAN used in a sentence.
Latitudinarian, any of the 17th-century Anglican clerics whose beliefs and practices were viewed by conservatives as unorthodox or, at best, heterodox. After first being applied to the Cambridge Platonists, the term was later used to categorize churchmen who depended upon reason to establish the.
1. liberal in one's views; permitting free thought, esp. in religious matters; very tolerant. noun. 2. a person who has very liberal views and, in religion, is tolerant of a wide variety of doctrines and forms of worship.
unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion) synonyms: free-thinking, undogmatic, undogmatical. broad-minded. inclined to respect views and beliefs that differ from your own. noun. a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct) see more.
How to use . latitudinarian in a sentenceThe latitudinarian party, whose faults and temptations lay in a very opposite direction, was very strong.
1. permitting or marked by freedom of attitude or behaviour, esp in religious matters. 2. (Anglicanism) ( sometimes capital) of or relating to a school of thought within the Church of England in the 17th century that minimized the importance of divine authority in matters of doctrine and stressed the importance of reason and personal judgment. n.
Latitudinarian definition: Holding or expressing broad or tolerant views, especially in religious matters.
Jun 14, 2024 · latitudinarian (comparative more latitudinarian, superlative most latitudinarian) Not restrained; not confined by precise limits. Tolerant, especially of other people's religious views.
