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Laodicean, a. and n.|ˌleɪədɪˈsiːən|
[f. L. Laodicē-a (a. Gr. λαοδίκεια) a city in Asia Minor + -an.]
A. adj.
a. Of or pertaining to Laodicea.
b. Having the fault for which the Church of Laodicea is reproached in Rev. iii. 15, 16; hence, ‘lukewarm, neither cold nor hot’, indifferent in religion, politics, etc.
1633Earl of Manchester Al Mondo (1636) 127 Worse..is profane Newtralitie, or Laodicean coldnesse. 1642Rogers Naaman 24 Lazy, Laodicean temper of a fulsome, carelesse, surfeted spirit. 1877L. Tollemache in Fortn. Rev. Dec. 857 Laodicean liberals sometimes boast that [etc.]. 1888Mrs. H. Ward R. Elsmere 165 You will loathe all this Laodicean cant of tolerance as I do. 1889Times 12 Sept. 7/1 A force of which Englishmen in these somewhat Laodicean days may easily fail to take proper account.
B. n.
a. An inhabitant of Laodicea.
b. One who is lukewarm or indifferent in religion, politics, etc.
1611Bible Rev. iii. 14 And vnto the Angel of the Church of the Laodiceans, write. 1646P. Bulkeley Gospel Covt. iii. 239 These are..Laodiceans, who are poore, and blind and naked. 1772Fletcher Appeal Wks. 1795 I. 230 Antinomian Laodiceans, and Antichristian Pharisees, are equally blameable. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. vii. II. 233 Two years earlier he would have been pronounced by numerous bigots on both sides a mere Laodicean. 1881T. Hardy (title) A Laodicean.
Hence Laodiˈceanism, lukewarmness, indifference.
1774J. Adams Lett. Wks. 1850 II. 340 There is, in this town and county, a Laodiceanism that I have not found in any other place. 1856Spurgeon New Park St. Pulpit I. 204 Let not Laodiceanism get into Southwark. |