<B>latitudinarian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> allowing others their own beliefs; not insisting on strict adherence to established principles, especially in religious views. <BR> <I>Ex. His opinions respecting ecclesiastical polity and modes of worship were latitudinarian (Macaulay).</I> (SYN) broad, liberal, tolerant. <DD><I>noun </I> a person who holds liberal views and cares little about creeds, doctrines, and forms, especially in religion. <BR> <I>Ex. At the other end are what Yale Historian John Morton Blum calls the "latitudinarians": those who, like Lincoln and Wilson, gave wide scope to the Constitution's vague charter (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>Latitudinarian, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in the Church of England) one of a school of Episcopal divines who, in the 1600's, strove to unite the dissenters with the Episcopal church by insisting on those doctrines which were held in common by both. They maintained the wisdom of the episcopal form of government and ritual, but denied their divine origin and authority. <BR> <I>Ex. Dr. Wilkins, my friend, the Bishop of Chester, is a mighty rising man, as being a Latitudinarian (Samuel Pepys).</I> </DL>
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<B>latitudinarianism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the opinions, principles, or practices of latitudinarians or the Latitudinarians. </DL>
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<B>Latona, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Roman Mythology.) the mother of Apollo and Diana, identified with the Greek Leto. </DL>
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<B>latria, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in the Roman Catholic Church) the supreme worship that can be paid to God alone. </DL>
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<B>latrine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a toilet or privy, especially in a camp, factory, or barracks. </DL>
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<B>-latry,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) worship of ______; devotion to ______. <BR> <I>Ex. Mariolatry = devotion to the Virgin Mary.</I> </DL>
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<B>latteen, </B>adjective. =lateen.</DL>
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<B>latten, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an alloy identical with or closely resembling brass, often hammered into thin sheets, formerly much used for church utensils. <DD><B> 2a. </B><B>=tin plate.</B> <DD><B> b. </B>any metal made in thin sheets. </DL>
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<B>latter, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(a comparative of) <B>late.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>the second of two. <BR> <I>Ex. Canada and the United States are in North America; the former lies north of the latter.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>more recent; toward the end; later. <BR> <I>Ex. Friday comes in the latter part of the week.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) last. <BR> <I>Ex. and in his bosom spend my latter gasp (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
<B>latter days,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) last days. <BR> <I>Ex. In the latter days we shall be tricked by Satan's legates (R. W. Dixon).</I> </DL>
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<B>Latter-day Saint,</B> =Mormon.</DL>
<A NAME="latterend">
<B>latter end,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the concluding part. <BR> <I>Ex. the latter end of May.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the end of life; death. </DL>
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<B>Latter Lammas,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a day that will never arrive because there is no second Lammas in the year. </DL>
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<B>latterly, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> at a recent time; lately; recently. <BR> <I>Ex. He was latterly head of his department until his retirement.</I> </DL>
<B>Latter Prophets,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the prophetic books of the Old Testament; the Major and Minor Prophets. <DD><B> 2. </B>the prophets who are believed to have written these books. </DL>
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<B>lattice, </B>noun, verb, <B>-ticed,</B> <B>-ticing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>wooden or metal strips crossed with open spaces between them. <BR> <I>Ex. a cool porch with a vine-covered lattice.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a window, gate, or other opening, having a lattice. <DD><B> 3a. </B>the geometrical pattern of molecules, atoms, or ions in a crystal. <BR> <I>Ex. In a crystal all the atoms are distributed in an orderly arrangement throughout the space occupied by the crystal. This is called a lattice (Science News).</I> <DD><B> b. </B><B>=space lattice.</B> <DD><B> 4. </B>a structure in a nuclear reactor, containing fissionable and nonfissionable materials in a regular geometrical pattern. <BR> <I>Ex. By suitable choice of the lattice the production of plutonium can be given an optimum value (M. L. Oliphant).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Mathematics.) a partially ordered set in which any two elements have a least upper bound and a greatest lower bound. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to furnish with a lattice. <BR> <I>Ex. Each window was latticed with iron wire on the outside (Jonathan Swift).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to form into a lattice; make like a lattice. <BR> <I>Ex. The cook latticed strips of dough across the pie.</I> adj. <B>latticelike.</B> </DL>
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<B>lattice beam</B> or <B>frame,</B> =lattice girder.</DL>
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<B>lattice bridge,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an obsolete type of wooden truss bridge in which top and bottom chord members are connected by closely spaced members fastened across each other at an angle. </DL>
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<B>lattice girder,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a girder, especially of a bridge, consisting of top and bottom chord members connected and strengthened by other vertical and diagonal members. </DL>
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<B>latticeleaf, </B>noun, pl. <B>-leaves.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any of certain Old-World monocotyledonous water plants remarkable for their skeleton leaves, which lack cellular tissue between the veins; laceleaf. </DL>
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<B>latticework, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=lattice.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>lattices. <BR> <I>Ex. Many old New Orleans houses are decorated with wrought-iron latticework.</I> </DL>
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<B>latticinio, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cini.</B> =lace glass.</DL>
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<B>latticino, </B>noun. =latticinio.</DL>
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<B>latu, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> lats; a plural of <B>lat.</B> </DL>
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<B>latus rectum, </B>pl. <B>latera recta.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Geometry.) a chord of a conic section passing through a focus and perpendicular to the axis of the conic section. </DL>
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<B>Latv.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Latvia. </DL>
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<B>Latvian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Latvia (a republic in northern Europe, on the Baltic Sea), its people, or their language. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a native or inhabitant of Latvia. <DD><B> 2. </B>the Baltic language of Latvia; Lettish. <BR> <I>Ex. Lithuanian and Latvian are the only two languages of any social importance in the Baltic branch (H. A. Gleason, Jr.).</I> </DL>
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<B>lauan, </B>noun. =Philippine mahogany.</DL>
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<B>laud, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to praise highly; extol. <BR> <I>Ex. Our teacher lauded our efforts to read the difficult story.</I> (SYN) commend, exalt, eulogize. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a song or hymn of praise. <DD><B> 2. </B>praise; high commendation. <BR> <I>Ex. All glory, laud, and honor to Thee, Redeemer King (John Mason Neale).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>lauds</B> or <B>Lauds,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>a morning church service with psalms of praise to God. </I> <I>Ex. To make this the matter of my daily lauds (Henry Hammond).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a prescribed devotional service in the Roman Catholic Church for priests and religious, forming, with matins, the first of the seven canonical hours. <BR> <I>Ex. The bell of lauds began to ring, And friars in the chancel 'gan to sing (Chaucer).</I> noun <B>lauder.</B> </DL>
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<B>laudability, </B>noun. =praiseworthiness.</DL>
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<B>laudable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>deserving praise; commendable. <BR> <I>Ex. Unselfishness is laudable. His desire to help his father in the store is laudable.</I> (SYN) praiseworthy, meritorious, creditable. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Medicine, Archaic.) (of secretions, especially pus) healthy; sound. noun <B>laudableness.</B> </DL>
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<B>laudably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a laudable manner. </DL>
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<B>laudanosine, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a toxic, crystalline alkaloid occurring in opium. </DL>
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<B>laudanum, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a solution of 10 per cent opium in alcohol and water, used to lessen pain; opium tincture. <DD><B> 2. </B>(formerly) any of various preparations in which opium was the main ingredient. </DL>
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<B>laudation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of praising. <BR> <I>Ex. his very liberal laudation of himself (Dickens).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=praise.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>the condition of being praised. </DL>
<B>Laudian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or supporting the tenets and practices of Archbishop William Laud (1573-1645) of Canterbury, noted for his persecution of dissenters and nonconformists. <DD><I>noun </I> a follower of Laud. </DL>
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<B>lauds</B> or <B>Lauds, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>laud.</B> </DL>
