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Webster 1913 Edition


Unitarian

Uˊni-ta′ri-an

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
unitaire
,
unitairien
, NL.
unitarius
. See
Unity
.]
1.
(Theol.)
One who denies the doctrine of the Trinity, believing that God exists only in one person; a unipersonalist; also, one of a denomination of Christians holding this belief.
2.
One who rejects the principle of dualism.
3.
A monotheist.
[R.]
Fleming.

Uˊni-ta′ri-an

,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to Unitarians, or their doctrines.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unitarian

UNITA'RIAN

,
Noun.
[L. unitus, unus.] One who denies the doctrine of the trinity, and ascribes divinity to God the Father only. The Arian and Socinian are both comprehended in the term Unitarian.

UNITA'RIAN

,
Adj.
Pertaining to Unitarians, or to the doctrine of the unity of the Godhead.

Definition 2024


Unitarian

Unitarian

See also: unitarian

English

Noun

Unitarian (plural Unitarians)

  1. A Christian who does not believe in the traditional doctrine of the Trinity.
  2. A follower of Unitarian Universalism; or a member of a Unitarian Universalist Church in North America who adhered to, or identifies with, the Unitarian part of that church prior to consolidation in 1961.
  3. (rare) A Muslim, Jew or other kind of monotheist who is not a Christian.
  4. A member of a certain political movement, especially the Unitarios of nineteenth century Argentina (known as the Unitarian Party in English).

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Adjective

Unitarian (comparative more Unitarian, superlative most Unitarian)

  1. Pertaining to Unitarianism

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References

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

unitarian

unitarian

See also: Unitarian

English

Adjective

unitarian (comparative more unitarian, superlative most unitarian)

  1. Espousing a unitary view of something
    the unitarian position on executive power

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Noun

unitarian (plural unitarians)

  1. One who denies the doctrine of the Trinity, believing that God exists only in one person; a unipersonalist.
  2. (Islam) A muwahhid.
  3. One who rejects the principle of dualism.
  4. A monotheist.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Fleming to this entry?)