“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
ADIAPHORIST
Proper noun
Adiaphorist
One of the German Protestants, condemned as heretics by Luther, who held some religious doctrines and ceremonies as indifferent.
Noun
adiaphorist (plural adiaphorists)
One who believes in adiaphorism.
Source: Wiktionary
Ad`i*aph"o*rist, n. Etym: [See Adiaphorous.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Definition: One of the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical. Murdock.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
9 November 2024
ARCTIID
(noun) stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars
Coffee Trivia
