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English
Etymology
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]
Pronunciation
Noun
Unitarian (plural Unitarians)
- (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
- 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.
- (rare) Alternative letter-case form of unitarian: any monotheist, particularly non-Christian monotheists (Muslims, Jews, etc.) as discussed from a Christian perspective.
- 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).
Derived terms
Translations
a modern follower of Unitarian Universalism
(political) a member of the Argentianian Unitarios
Adjective
Unitarian (comparative more Unitarian, superlative most Unitarian)
- Pertaining to Unitarianism.
Translations
pertaining to Unitarianism
References
- ^ Stephen Nye (1687) A brief history of the Unitarians: called also Socinians. In four letters, written to a Friend