unitarian
UK/ˌjuːnɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/US/ˌjunəˈtɛɹi.ən/
unitarian adjective: espousing a unitary view of God.
Adjective (1)
unitarian (comparative more unitarian, superlative most unitarian)
- Espousing a unitary view of God.
- the unitarian position on deity
- Antonyms:
- antiunitarian, nonunitarian
- Espousing a unitary view of national government.
- the unitarian position on executive power
- Antonyms:
- antiunitarian, nonunitarian
Noun (1)
unitarian (plural unitarians)
- A Christian who denies the doctrine of the Trinity, usually stressing some distinctions between God the Father and God the Son without denying the divinity of Jesus.
- Synonyms:
- unipersonalist, Arian
- Antonyms:
- trinitarian
- Synonym of Muwahhid, a Muslim advocating God's strict unity.
- Synonyms:
- Muwahhid
- Synonym of monotheist, a believer in the unity of God, particularly non-Christians (Muslims, Jews, etc.) discussed from a Christian perspective.
- Synonyms:
- monotheist
- A person who rejects dualism in other contexts.
- Antonyms:
- dualist
Noun (2) capitalized: Unitarian
Unitarian (plural Unitarians)
- Alternative letter-case form of unitarian: any Christian who refutes or disbelieves the doctrine of the Trinity.
- But since Smith's ( of Norwich ) Bill passed , in 1813 , relieving Unitarians, as a religious sect, from the operation of the old law1836, Alexander Fleming, A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Presbytery of Paisley
- Antonyms:
- Trinitarian
- A follower of Unitarian Universalism or a similar non-creedal (non-dogmatic) religion (either Christian or non-Christian) that originated historically from Christian Unitarianism.
- Near-synonym: Unitarian Universalist
- The Unitarians never kneel. But I want to kneel.2020, Jenny Offill, Weather, Granta Books (2021), page 197
- Synonyms:
- Unitarian Universalist
- 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).
Adjective (2) capitalized: Unitarian
Unitarian (comparative more Unitarian, superlative most Unitarian)
- Pertaining to Unitarianism.
- It was no less than whether the psychic movement in Britain was destined to take a Unitarian or a Trinitarian course.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “In which Traps are Laid for a Great Quarry”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019
Synonyms of unitarian
Antonyms
Forms of unitarian
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more unitarian |
| superlative | most unitarian |
| comparative | more Unitarian |
| superlative | most Unitarian |
| Noun | |
| plural | unitarians |
| plural | Unitarians |
Origin of unitarian
From unitary + -ian.
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 By surface analysis, unitary + -ian.
Words formed from unitarian
Phrases with unitarian
Words that rhyme with unitarian
- Darien
- barbarian
- Aryan
- libertarian
- Arian
- documentarian
- humanitarian
- sabbatarian
- sectarian
- vegetarian
- -arian
- agrarian
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- Bulgarian
- caesarian
- catenarian
- librarian
- lunarian
- Marian
- planetarian
- Ripuarian
- Solarian
- trinitarian
- alphabetarian
- antiauthoritarian
- aquarian
- Bolivarian
- communitarian
- contrarian
- corpuscularian
- denarian
- flexitarian
- futilitarian
- infirmarian
- Kaffrarian
- necessitarian
- nonsectarian
- paraovarian
- parian
- pollotarian
- proprietarian
- quinarian
- sacramentarian
- sanitarian
- semivegetarian
- Tartarean
- Tartarian
- Tocharian
- tricenarian
- valetudinarian
- vestiarian
- acarian
- actiniarian
- actuarian
- aerarian
- alcyonarian
- altitudinarian
- antelapsarian
- antiacarian
- antiegalitarian
- antilapsarian
Questions about unitarian
- What does unitarian mean?
- Unitarian means espousing a unitary view of God.
- What part of speech is unitarian?
- Unitarian can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce unitarian?
- Unitarian is pronounced /ˌjuːnɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/ (UK).
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