Laodicean

American  

[ley-od-uh-see-uhn, ley-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

Example Sentences

Is it possible that we have the lost Laodicean document in the epistle before us?

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

On this ground some have supposed that the present epistle was intended to be encyclical—an epistle for general circulation among the churches; others, that it is the Laodicean epistle referred to in Col.

From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)

The Laodicean attitude of a shrewd publisher hurt her less than at first.

From The Higher Court by Daggett, Mary Stewart

Cyril of Jerusalem, in the 60th Canon of the Laodicean Council, Athanasius, Leontius of Byzantium, &c.

From The Canon of the Bible by Davidson, Samuel

Since the Laodicean canon,783 which did discharge the love-feasts about the year 368, importeth no less than that the gesture used in them was sitting Non oportet in Basilicis seu ecclesiis.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George