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Unitarian en · ADJ

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 By surface analysis, unitary + -ian.

Meanings

1. 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:

Forms

Translations (5)

ca unitari (pertaining to Unitarianism) · fr unitarien (pertaining to Unitarianism) · no unitarisk (pertaining to Unitarianism) · ga Úinitéireach (pertaining to Unitarianism) · pt unitarista (pertaining to Unitarianism)

Unitarian en · NOUN

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 By surface analysis, unitary + -ian.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, qualifier:now inexact) Alternative letter-case form of unitarian: any Christian who refutes or disbelieves the doctrine of the Trinity.
   alt of unitarian
   • But since Smith's ( of Norwich ) Bill passed , in 1813 , relieving Unitarians, as a religious sect, from the operation of the old law 1836, Alexander Fleming, A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Presbytery of Paisley,:
2. 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:
3. (alt-of, rare) Alternative letter-case form of unitarian: any monotheist, particularly non-Christian monotheists (Muslims, Jews, etc.) as discussed from a Christian perspective.
   alt of unitarian
4. 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).

Forms

Antonyms

Trinitarian

Deriveds

unitarianize · Unitarianism

Hypernyms

nontrinitarian

Relateds

unitary · unit · unity · united

Synonyms

Unitarian Universalist

Translations (11)

fr unitarien-universaliste (a modern follower of Unitarian Universalism) · pt unitarista (a modern follower of Unitarian Universalism) · fi unitaariuniversalisti (a modern follower of Unitarian Universalism) · pl unitarianin-uniwersalista (a modern follower of Unitarian Universalism) · ca unitari universalista (a modern follower of Unitarian Universalism) · ga Úinitéireach (a modern follower of Unitarian Universalism) · ca membre del Partit Unitari ((political) a member of the Argentianian Unitarios) · fi unitaari (a modern follower of Unitarian Universalism) · es unitario ((political) a member of the Argentianian Unitarios) · ca unitari ((political) a member of the Argentianian Unitarios) · ru унитарист ((political) a member of the Argentianian Unitarios)