*arianism*

n. the doctrine or political position that opposes the withdrawal of state recognition of an established church; -- used especially concerning the Anglican Church in England. Opposed to disestablishmentarianism. [ PJC ]

n. Character of an antiquary; study or love of antiquities. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrines of the Arians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A practicing of attitudes; posture making. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine or political position that advocates abrogating the establishment of a church as the official state religion.. [ PJC ]

Prior to the Puritans, very few earlier believers contended for any form of disestablishmentarianism. David. W. Hall (Savior or Servant? Putting Government in Its Place: The Covenant Foundation, 1996)

n. The principles or practices of the Doctrinaires. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the doctrine of the equality of mankind and the desirability of political and economic and social equality.
Syn. -- egalitarianism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the doctrine or political position that advocates establishment of a church as the official state religion; -- applied especially to the Church of England.. [ PJC ]

n. The principles, practices, or peculiarities of grammarians. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Theol. & Ch. Hist.) The distinctive tenet of the humanitarians in denying the divinity of Christ; also, the whole system of doctrine based upon this view of Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Philos.) The doctrine that man's obligations are limited to, and dependent alone upon, man and the human relations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Theor.) The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Infralapsarians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A latitudinarian system or condition; freedom of opinion in matters pertaining to religious belief. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fierce sectarianism bred fierce latitudinarianism. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Ammonius Saccas ] plunged into the wildest latitudinarianism of opinion. J. S. Harford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Libertarian principles or doctrines. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The doctrine of Millenarians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine of philosophical necessity; necessitarianism. Hixley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine of philosophical necessity; the doctrine that results follow by invariable sequence from causes, and esp. that the will is not free, but that human actions and choices result inevitably from motives; determinism. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The system or doctrine of the predestinarians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The tenets of Sabbatarians. Bp. Ward (1673). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or character of a sectarian; devotion to the interests of a party; excess of partisan or denominational zeal; adherence to a separate church organization. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-Arians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Infralapsarianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine, belief, or principles of the Supralapsarians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Ch. of England) The principles of the Tractarians, or of those persons accepting the teachings of the “Tracts for the Times.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine of the Trinity; the doctrine that there are three distinct persons in the Godhead. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geol.) The uniformitarian doctrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. unitairianisme. ] The doctrines of Unitarians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The doctrine that the greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the end and aim of all social and political institutions. Bentham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The doctrine that virtue is founded in utility, or that virtue is defined and enforced by its tendency to promote the highest happiness of the universe. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The doctrine that utility is the sole standard of morality, so that the rectitude of an action is determined by its usefulness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition of a valetudinarian; a state of feeble health; infirmity. [ 1913 Webster ]