unitarian

comparative more unitarian · superlative most unitarian

1. Espousing a unitary view of something.
   1. Espousing a unitary view of God.

      the unitarian position on deity

      Antonyms: antiunitarian, nonunitarian

   2. Espousing a unitary view of national government.

      the unitarian position on executive power

      Antonyms: antiunitarian, nonunitarian

plural unitarians

1. ChristianityA Christian who denies the doctrine of the Trinity, usually stressing some distinctions between God the Father and God the Son without denying the divinity of Jesus.

   Synonyms: unipersonalist, Unitarian, Arian · Antonyms: trinitarian, Trinitarian

2. IslamSynonym of Muwahhid, a Muslim advocating God's strict unity.

   Synonyms: Muwahhid

3. uncommonSynonym of monotheist, a believer in the unity of God, particularly non-Christians (Muslims, Jews, etc.) discussed from a Christian perspective.

   Synonyms: monotheist

4. A person who rejects dualism in other contexts.

   Antonyms: dualist

plural Unitarians

1. now inexactAlternative letter-case form of unitarian: any Christian who refutes or disbelieves the doctrine of the Trinity.

   But since Smith's ( of Norwich ) Bill passed , in 1813 , relieving Unitarians, as a religious sect, from the operation of the old law

   1836, Alexander Fleming, A Narrative of the Proceedings of the Presbytery of Paisley,

   Antonyms: Trinitarian

2. A follower of Unitarian Universalism or a similar non-creedal (non-dogmatic) religion (either Christian or non-Christian) that originated historically from Christian Unitarianism.

   Near-synonym: Unitarian Universalist

   1 more example

   The Unitarians never kneel. But I want to kneel.

   2020, Jenny Offill, Weather, Granta Books (2021), page 197

   Synonyms: Unitarian Universalist

3. rareAlternative letter-case form of unitarian: any monotheist, particularly non-Christian monotheists (Muslims, Jews, etc.) as discussed from a Christian perspective.
4. A member of a political movement advocating a unitary state rather than a federal one, especially the Unitarios of nineteenth century Argentina (known as the Unitarian Party in English).

comparative more Unitarian · superlative most Unitarian

1. Pertaining to Unitarianism.

   It was no less than whether the psychic movement in Britain was destined to take a Unitarian or a Trinitarian course.

   1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “In which Traps are Laid for a Great Quarry”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019