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Latitudinarian

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Latitudinarian

In the Church of England from the 17th century, a member of a group of priests, which included J R Tillotson (1630-1694, archbishop of Canterbury) and Edward Stillingfleet (1635-1699, bishop of Worcester), who were willing to accept modifications of forms of church government and worship to accommodate Dissenters (Protestants who refused to conform to the established church).
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Doubtless, it is part of the ideal of the Anglican Church that, under certain safeguards, it should find room for latitudinarians even among its clergy.
The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context
The grim Puritan interest of the whole neighborhood was, of course, on the grave side--against both dancing and novels, as proposed by local loose thinkers and latitudinarians of every degree.
A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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