from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
adjective Of or relating to Laodicea.
adjective Indifferent or lukewarm especially in matters of religion.
noun A native or inhabitant of Laodicea.
from The Century Dictionary.
Of or pertaining to Laodicea, an ancient city of Phrygia Major (now Eski-hissar), or to its inhabitants.
Like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion.
noun An inhabitant of Laodicea.
noun One who resembles the Laodicean Christians in character; a lukewarm Christian.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective Of or pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia Major; like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
adjective pertaining to Laodicea
adjective lukewarm, neither hot nor cold (with reference to Revelation 3:16)
noun Somebody from Laodicea
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Adj., sense 2, in reference to Revelation 3:14–16.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Latin Laodicea, from Ancient Greek Λαοδικεια (Laodikeia), a city in Asia Minor.
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The eighth grader won the competition after correctly spelling the word Laodicean, which she was told means "lukewarm or indifferent in religion or politics."
The religious meaning of the word Laodicean is a historical reference to an early Christian Church in ancient Rome whose members were tolerant of pagan faiths.
But there is a road on the right of the hill be - fore you, called the Laodicean new road, which cannot but be approved by every judicious and discreet person.
WASHINGTON, DC (The Sportsman's Daily Wire Service) - Controversy clouded the victory of thirteen-year-old Kavya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kansas, who won the 82nd annual Scripps National Spelling Bee when she spelled "Laodicean," meaning lukewarm or indifferent, especially in matters of religion.
The 13-year-old Kansas girl saved the biggest smile for last, when she rattled off the letters to "Laodicean" to become the nation's spelling champion.
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