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Adiaphʹorists

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Followers of Melanchthon; moderate Lutherans, who hold that some of the dogmas of Luther are matters of indifference. (Greek, adiaphʹoros, indifferent.)

Macaulay: Essay, Burleigh.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Addixit
Addle
Adelantado
Ademar
Adept
Adessenarians
Adeste Fidelës
Adfiliate, Adfiliation
Adha, al (the slit-eared)
Ad hab-al-Cabr
Adiaphorists
Adieu
Adissechen
Adjective Colours
Adjourn
Adjournment of the House
Admirable (The)
Admirable Crichton (The)
Admirable Doctor (Doctor admirdbilis)
Admiral
Admiral of the Blue

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Adiaph`orists