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antinomian

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an⋅ti⋅no⋅mi⋅an

  [an-ti-noh-mee-uhn]
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–noun
a person who maintains that Christians are freed from the moral law by virtue of grace as set forth in the gospel.
Origin:
1635–45; < ML Antinom(ī) name of sect (pl. of Antinomus opponent of (the moral) law < Gk antí anti- + nómos law) + -ian

Related forms:
an⋅ti⋅no⋅mi⋅an⋅ism, noun
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an·ti·no·mi·an   (ān'tĭ-nō'mē-ən)   
n.  An adherent of antinomianism.
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to the doctrine of antinomianism.

  2. Opposed to or denying the fixed meaning or universal applicability of moral law: "By raising segregation and racial persecution to the ethical level of law, it puts into practice the antinomian rules of Orwell's world. Evil becomes good, inhumanity is interpreted as charity, egoism as compassion" (Elie Wiesel).


[From Medieval Latin Antinomī, antinomians, pl. of antinomus, opposed to the moral law : Greek anti-, anti- + Greek nomos, law; see nem- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

antinomian 
"one who maintains the moral law is not binding on Christians under the law of grace," 1645, 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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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