latitudinarian \lat-uh-too-din-AIR-ee-un; -tyoo-\, adjective:
1. Having or expressing broad and tolerant views, especially in religious matters.
1. Having or expressing broad and tolerant views, especially in religious matters.
noun:
1. A person who is broad-minded and tolerant; one who displays freedom in thinking, especially in religious matters.
2. [Often capitalized] A member of the Church of England, in the time of Charles II, who adopted more liberal notions in respect to the authority, government, and doctrines of the church than generally prevailed.
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| Whoever recruited the free spirited Jim McMahon to BYU must have been a latitudinarian of the highest order. |