Definition of "latitudinarian" in англійська

adjective

1. Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.

2. Tolerant, especially of other people's religious views.

   • 1859, S. Austin Allibone, A Critical Dictionary of English Literature, Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, Volume I, under the entry “Franklin, Benjamin,” p. 630, It is not to be doubted that intimacies with English freethinkers at this period, and with French deists and atheists at a later stage in his life, did much to engender those latitudinarian sentiments upon religious subjects which Franklin is known to have entertained.

3. Lax in moral or religious principles.

noun

1. A person who is tolerant of others' religious views.