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unitarian

[yoo-ni-tair-ee-uhn]

noun

  1. a person who maintains that God is one being, rejecting the doctrine of the Trinity.

  2. (initial capital letter)a member of a liberal religious denomination founded upon the doctrine that God is one being, and giving each congregation complete control over its affairs.

  3. an advocate of unity or centralization, as in government.



adjective

  1. (initial capital letter)pertaining to the Unitarians or their doctrines; accepting Unitarianism; belonging to the Unitarians.

  2. unitary.

Unitarian

1

/ ˌːɪˈɛəɪə /

noun

  1. theol a person who believes that God is one being and rejects the doctrine of the Trinity

  2. ecclesiast an upholder of Unitarianism, esp a member of the Church ( Unitarian Church ) that embodies this system of belief

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to Unitarians or Unitarianism

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

unitarian

2

/ ˌːɪˈɛəɪə /

noun

  1. a supporter of unity or centralization

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to unity or centralization

  2. another word for unitary

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nonunitarian noun
  • non-Unitarian adjective
  • pro-Unitarian adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of unitarian1

1680–90; < New Latin ūԾ ( us ) ( Latin ūԾ ( ) unity + -ary ) + -an
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Attending a May Day demonstration promoted by the First Unitarian Universalist Church, she said everyone who opposes the Trump administration should continue appealing to those friends and family members whom one "can still reach with reason."

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He had a clinic in Dallas as well as in Albuquerque, and he had a long-standing relationship with the Unitarian church in Dallas.

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Rev. Julie Conrady, minister of the Unitarian Universalist Churches of Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, and president of a local interfaith group, stood up to speak.

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Fredric and Althea married at the Unitarian Church in downtown L.A.

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I knew I wanted to attend a Unitarian Universalist church, as I’d always seen them at Pride events and had attended such a church in Tulsa, where the first sermon I’d heard was given by a pregnant queer minister about the diversity of beliefs among atheists.

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