antinomian
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| —adj | |
| 1. | relating to the doctrine that by faith and the dispensation of grace a Christian is released from the obligation of adhering to any moral law |
| —n | |
| 2. | a member of a Christian sect holding such a doctrine |
| anti'nomianism | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
antinomian
"one who maintains the moral law is not binding on Christians under the law of grace," 1640s, from M.L. Antinomi, name given to a sect of this sort that arose in Germany in 1535, from Gk. anti- "opposite, against" + nomos "rule, law" (see numismatics). Related: Antinomianism (1640s).
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It is antinomian yet semi-authoritarian and puritan.
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