Unitarian

See also: unitarian

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
  • Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən

Noun

Unitarian (plural Unitarians)

  1. A Christian who does not believe in the traditional doctrine of the Trinity.
    Antonym: Trinitarian
  2. A follower of Unitarian Universalism; or a member of a Unitarian Universalist Church in North America who adhered to, or identifies with, the Unitarian part of that church prior to consolidation in 1961.
    Synonym: Unitarian Universalist
  3. (rare) A Muslim, Jew or other kind of monotheist who is not a Christian.
  4. A member of a political movement advocating a unitary state (where a country is governed as one single unit), especially the Unitarios of nineteenth century Argentina (known as the Unitarian Party in English).

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Adjective

Unitarian (comparative more Unitarian, superlative most Unitarian)

  1. Pertaining to Unitarianism.
    • 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
      It was no less than whether the psychic movement in Britain was destined to take a Unitarian or a Trinitarian course.

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References
  1. Stephen Nye (1687) A brief history of the Unitarians: called also Socinians. In four letters, written to a Friend‎
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