altitudinarian, a. and n.
(ˌæltɪtjuːdɪˈnɛərɪən)
[f. altitude, after latitude, latitudinarian: see -arian.]
A. adj. Pertaining to, or reaching to, the heights (of fancy, doctrine, etc.). B. n. One who is given to lofty thoughts or plans.
| 1850 Lynch Theoph. Trin. xii. 242 The wise latitudinarian is also an altitudinarian: his thought spreads broadly, but it is also high-rising, and strikes deep. 1871 Miss Bowman Th. Chr. Life (1877) 13 Sermons are..altitudinarian, latitudinarian, or platitudinarian. |