ANTINOMIAN


Meaning of ANTINOMIAN in English

[ antɪ'nəʊmɪən ]

■ adjective holding or relating to the view that Christians are released by grace from the obligation of observing the moral law.

■ noun a person holding ~ views.

Derivatives

~ism noun

Origin

C17: from med. L. Antinomi , a 16th-cent. German sect, from Gk anti- 'against' + nomos 'law'.

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