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  Laodicean

  adjective

  lukewarm or indifferent, especially in religion, as were the early Christians of Laodicea.
• laodicean
  laodicean

  adjective

  lukewarm and indifferent, esp in religious matters

Laodicean

American  

[lay-od-uh-see-uhn, lay-uh-duh-] / leɪˌɒd əˈsi ən, ˌleɪ ə də- /

adjective

1. lukewarm or indifferent, especially in religion, as were the early Christians of Laodicea.

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noun

1. a person who is lukewarm or indifferent, especially in religion.

laodicean British  

/ ˌleɪəʊdɪˈsɪən /

adjective

1. lukewarm and indifferent, esp in religious matters

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noun

1. a person having a lukewarm attitude towards religious matters

Etymology

Origin of Laodicean

First recorded in 1605–15; Laodice(a) + -an

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Example Sentences

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Laodicean

But he's a gentleman, almost too "Gentle," I sometimes feel, a Laodicean, mentally over-refined until it leaves him unable to cope with real life.

From The Prairie Wife by Harvey Dunn

We have been seeing some fine country of late; Dunster was one of the best bits, also grand old Luttrell Castle, which, by the way, is Hardy's Stancy Castle in "The Laodicean."

From Set in Silver by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

The result of the conference on the part of the Laodicean Committee with the Colossian Church was, that a general meeting was appointed to discuss the subject of the return of Onesimus into slavery.

From The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) by Nehemiah Adams

Such Laodicean luke-warmness betokens in the class which exhibits it a weakening of impulse.

From Post-Prandial Philosophy by Grant Allen

The Laodicean George said he did not understand the differences, but that it seemed to him a confounded shame, and he would undertake that Mr. Haystoun, if returned, would take immediate steps in the matter.

From The Half-Hearted by John Buchan

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