latitudinarianism
(ˌlætɪtjuːdɪˈnɛərɪənɪz(ə)m)
[f. prec. + -ism.]
Latitudinarian doctrine, opinions, principles, or practice; the professions or practice of a latitudinarian or the latitudinarians.
| 1676 R. Grove Vind. Conforming Clergy (1680) 25 Let us see what he understands by this fearful Bugbear of Latitudinarianism. 1771 Wesley Wks. (1872) V. 502 A catholic spirit is not speculative latitudinarianism. 1844 Disraeli Coningsby iii. ii, There must be substituted for this latitudinarianism something sound and deep. a 1859 Macaulay Biog. (1867) 12 The majority of King William's bishops were inclined to latitudinarianism. 1867 Froude Short Stud. (ed. 2) 57 Latitudinarianism loosens the elementary principles of theology. |