3. (Theol.) One who departs in opinion from the strict principles of orthodoxy.
Latitudinarianism
(Lat`i*tu`di*na"ri*an*ism) n. A latitudinarian system or condition; freedom of opinion in
matters pertaining to religious belief.
Fierce sectarianism bred fierce latitudinarianism.
De Quincey.
He [Ammonius Saccas] plunged into the wildest latitudinarianism of opinion.
J. S. Harford. Latitudinous
(Lat`i*tu"di*nous) a. Having latitude, or wide extent.
Laton
(Lat"on Lat"oun) n. Latten, 1. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Latrant
(La"trant) a. [L. latrans, p. pr. of latrare. See Latrate.] Barking. [Obs.] Tickell.
Latrate
(La"trate) v. i. [L. latratus, p. p. of latrare to bark.] To bark as a dog. [Obs.]
Latration
(La*tra"tion) n. A barking. [Obs.]
Latreutical
(La*treu"tic*al) a. [Gr. latreytiko`s, fr. latrey`ein to serve, to worship.]
1. Acting as a hired servant; serving; ministering; assisting. [Obs.]
2. Of or pertaining to latria. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Latria
(||La*tri"a) n. [L., fr. Gr. latrei`a, fr. latrey`ein to serve, fr. la`tris servant.] The highest kind of
worship, or that paid to God; — distinguished by the Roman Catholics from dulia, or the inferior worship
paid to saints.
Latrine
(La*trine") n. [L. latrina: cf. F. latrines.] A privy, or water- closet, esp. in a camp, hospital, etc.
Latrociny
(Lat"ro*cin`y) n. [L. latrocinium. Cf. Larceny.] Theft; larceny. [Obs.]
Latten
(Lat"ten) n. [OE. latoun, laton, OF. laton, F. laiton, prob. fr. OF. late lath, F. latte; — because
made in thin plates; cf. It. latta a sheet of tinned iron, tin plate. F. latte is of German origin. See Lath
a thin board.]
1. A kind of brass hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for making church utensils, as candlesticks,
crosses, etc.; — called also latten brass.
He had a cross of latoun full of stones.
Chaucer. 2. Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; as, gold latten.
Black latten, brass in milled sheets, composed of copper and zinc, used by braziers, and for drawing
into wire. — Roll latten, latten polished on both sides ready for use. — Shaven latten, a thinner
kind than black latten. — White latten, a mixture of brass and tin.
Latter
(Lat"ter) a. [OE. later, lætter, compar. of lat late. See Late, and cf. Later.]
1. Later; more recent; coming or happening after something else; — opposed to former; as, the former
and latter rain.
2. Of two things, the one mentioned second.
The difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior.
I. Watts.
