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contractarian

contractarian adjective: relating to contractarianism.

Adjective

contractarian (not comparable)

  1. Relating to contractarianism

Noun

contractarian (plural contractarians)

  1. An advocate of contractarianism

Forms of contractarian

pluralcontractarians

Origin of contractarian

From contract + -arian.

Questions about contractarian

What does contractarian mean?
Contractarian means relating to contractarianism.
What part of speech is contractarian?
Contractarian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near contractarian in the dictionary

  1. contractability
  2. contractable
  3. contractably
  4. contractant
  5. contractants
  6. contractarian
  7. contractarianism
  8. contractarians
  9. contractation
  10. contracted
  11. contracted out

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