Unitarian

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[edit] Etymology

Related to New Latin unitarius (from Latin unitas (“unity”)) +‎ -an. First documented as unitaria religio, in a decree of the Diet of Lécfalva (1600). In English since 1687 [1]

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Unitarian (plural Unitarians)

  1. (historical) A Christian who does not believe in the traditional doctrine of the Trinity (usually 1600-1900).
  2. A follower of Unitarian Universalism; or to distinguish a member of a Unitarian Universalist Church in North America who adhered to, or identifies with, the Unitarian part of that church prior to merger in 1961.
  3. (rare) A monotheist who is not a Christian.
  4. A member of a certain political movement, especially the Unitarios in 19th C. Argentina, known as the Unitarian Party in English.

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(historical) a Christian who does not ascribe to Trinitarian theology
a modern follower of Unitarian Universalism
a non-Christian monothesist
(political) a member of the Argentianian Unitarios

[edit] Adjective

Unitarian (comparative more Unitarian, superlative most Unitarian)

  1. Pertaining to Unitarianism

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pertaining to Unitarianism

[edit] References

  1. ^ 1687, Stephen Nye, A brief history of the Unitarians: called also Socinians. In four letters, written to a Friend[1]:
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