Latitudinarian

//lædɪtuːdəˈnɛɹi.ən// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is tolerant of others' religious views.
  2. 2
    a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct) wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.
  2. 2
    Tolerant, especially of other people's religious views.

    "’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 […]"

  3. 3
    Lax in moral or religious principles.
Adjective
  1. 1
    unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in religion) wordnet

Synonyms

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big personbroadbroad mindedbroad-gauge personbroad-mindedecumenicist

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"’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 […]"

Etymology

From latitude + -in- + -arian.

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