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Laodicean definition

La·odi·cean (-ən)

adjective

  1. of Laodicea
  2. indifferent or lukewarm in religion: an allusion to the early Christians of Laodicea (city in Phrygia): Rev. 3:14-16
  3. indifferent or lukewarm about any subject

noun

  1. a person born or living in Laodicea
  2. one who is indifferent or lukewarm, esp. in religion

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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