unitarianism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The belief in a single God, not divided into any aspects, particularly when presented as a contrast to Christian trinitarianism.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A Christian theology that God is one person, rather than the three equal persons (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) posited by Trinitarianism.
Uncountable
name
The religion known as Unitarian Universalism.
name
Any of various Christian denominations such as the Unitarian Church of Transylvania, General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches and American Unitarian Association.
Example Sentences
- "Some New England congregations embraced Unitarianism (the belief in a unitary God as opposed to a holy trinity), and some of those moved on to Unitarian Universalism[.]"
Etymology
Etymology tree English unit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English unitary Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English unitarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English unitarianism From unitarian + -ism.
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Religion.