单词 | adiaphory |
释义 | adiaphoryn. rare. Indifference, impartiality, neutrality; spec. religious indifference; adiaphorism.In quot. 1916: adiaphora or certain religious issues or practices not considered to be central to the Christian faith; see adiaphorist n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > creed > [noun] > indifference to adiaphorism1607 adiaphory1658 latitudinism1667 anythingarianism1797 indifferentism1827 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. ii. 54 The opinion which hee taught was ἀδιαϕορία indifference.] 1658 H. W. tr. E. de Refuge Accomplish'd Courtier xvi. 55 Solon when the Common-wealth discorded, ordained that none should be permitted Adiaphory or neutrality [Fr. defendit bien la neutralité]. 1742 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Adiaphory, indifferency. 1798 tr. I. Kant Ess. & Treat. I. 305 One cannot halve here, and devise the medium or adiaphory of a pragmatically conditional right (between right and profit). 1854 Christian Remembrancer 28 282 The impartiality, or adiaphory, of the Dean, makes him..hard on those who..lay too great a stress on differences. 1916 E. S. Ellis & A. R. Keller Hist. German People (1918) VII. v. 240 Besides a prominent presentation of the doctrine of justification, it contained marked concessions regarding the adiaphory, which was the external form of church life known as indifferent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1658 |
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