unitarian

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˌjuːnɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/
See all 2 pronunciations
/ˌjuːnɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/ · /ˌjunəˈtɛɹi.ən/

Definition of unitarian

10 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of unitarian: any Christian who denies the doctrine of the Trinity.
    “But since Smith's ( of Norwich ) Bill passed , in 1813 , relieving Unitarians, as a religious sect, from the operation of the old law”
See all 10 definitions

noun

  1. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of unitarian: any Christian who denies the doctrine of the Trinity.
    “But since Smith's ( of Norwich ) Bill passed , in 1813 , relieving Unitarians, as a religious sect, from the operation of the old law”
  2. A follower of Unitarian Universalism or a similar non-credal religion that originated historically from Christian Unitarianism.
    “The Unitarians never kneel. But I want to kneel.”
  3. (alt-of, rare)Alternative letter-case form of unitarian: any monotheist, particularly non-Christian monotheists (Muslims, Jews, etc.) as discussed from a Christian perspective.
  4. A member of a political movement advocating a unitary state rather than a federal one, especially the Unitarios of nineteenth century Argentina (known as the Unitarian Party in English).
  5. A Christian who denies the doctrine of the Trinity, usually stressing some distinctions between God the Father and God the Son without denying the divinity of Jesus.
  6. Synonym of Muwahhid, a Muslim advocating God's strict unity.
  7. (uncommon)Synonym of monotheist, a believer in the unity of God, particularly non-Christians (Muslims, Jews, etc.) discussed from a Christian perspective.
  8. A person who rejects dualism in other contexts.

adj

  1. Pertaining to Unitarianism.
    “It was no less than whether the psychic movement in Britain was destined to take a Unitarian or a Trinitarian course.”
  2. Espousing a unitary view of something
    “the unitarian position on executive power”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Related to New Latin ūnitārius (from Latin ūnitās (“unity”)) -an. First documented as unitaria religio, in a decree of the Diet of Lécfalva (1600). In English since 1687

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

A single letter you can add to unitarian to make another valid word.

Find your best play with unitarian

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes unitarian, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.