minimifidian
English
editEtymology
editOf Latin origin; compare minimum, fidelity.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editminimifidian (not comparable)
- Having a minimal amount of faith.
- 1854, Harper's new monthly magazine, Volume 9, "Editor's Table", page 117
- The deadliest attack of the infidel is not so faith-destroying as these attempts to prop up our belief by the endorsement of the politician, or the patronizing certificate of the minimifidian man of science, neither of whom, it may very possibly be, knows as much of the Scriptures and Christianity as the once dark savage who sits clothed and in his right mind at the feet of the missionary of the cross.
- 1854, Harper's new monthly magazine, Volume 9, "Editor's Table", page 117
Noun
editminimifidian (plural minimifidians)
- One who has a minimal amount of faith.