Index of English words, starting with "la"

(1) - Latish (a.) Somewhat late.

(1) - Latitude (n.) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
(2) - Latitude (n.) Distance north or south of the equator, measured on a meridian.
(3) - Latitude (n.) Extent; size; amplitude; scope.
(4) - Latitude (n.) Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc.
(5) - Latitude (n.) Room; space; freedom from confinement or restraint; hence, looseness; laxity; independence.
(6) - Latitude (n.) Extent from side to side, or distance sidewise from a given point or line; breadth; width.

(1) - Latitudinal (a.) Of or pertaining to latitude; in the direction of latitude.

(1) - Latitudinarian (n.) One who departs in opinion from the strict principles of orthodoxy.
(2) - Latitudinarian (n.) A member of the Church of England, in the time of Charles II., who adopted more liberal notions in respect to the authority, government, and doctrines of the church than generally prevailed.
(3) - Latitudinarian (n.) One who is moderate in his notions, or not restrained by precise settled limits in opinion; one who indulges freedom in thinking.
(4) - Latitudinarian (a.) Lax in moral or religious principles.
(5) - Latitudinarian (a.) Indifferent to a strict application of any standard of belief or opinion; hence, deviating more or less widely from such standard; lax in doctrine; as, latitudinarian divines; latitudinarian theology.
(6) - Latitudinarian (a.) Not restrained; not confined by precise limits.