latitudinarianism

American  

[lat-i-tood-uh-nair-ee-uhn-iz-uhm] / ˌlæt ɪˌtud əˈnɛər i ənˌɪz əm /

noun

1. an attitude characterized by latitude when it comes to differences of belief, especially religious belief; open-mindedness or tolerance.

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Example Sentences

The Bishops of the Church of England attempted to preserve this latitudinarianism and at the same time to create some authority for parochial idiosyncracies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Different also their spirit; the one being confined and sectarian, alike in politics, in literature, and in religion; the other, in some of their number, being liberal to latitudinarianism, and genial to a vice.

From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George

The utmost latitudinarianism, as has been mentioned, was allowed in the matter of costume, but this rule was subject to one exception.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 by Various

Yet the University, as a whole, stood slightly aloof from him, and before long in certain obscurantist circles cautious hints of latitudinarianism were murmured against him.

From Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment by Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James

In the main, of course, the struggle was part of the perennial conflict between High Church doctrine and latitudinarianism.

From Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham by Laski, Harold Joseph