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Laodikeia; Laodicia; Laodiceia; Laodicean; Laodicea (disambiguation)
Laodicean
[?le??(?)d?'si:?n]
archaic
¦ adjective half-hearted or indifferent, especially with respect to religion or politics.
¦ noun a person with such an attitude.
Origin
C17: from L. Laodicea in Asia Minor, with ref. to the early Christians there (Rev. 3:16), + -an.
Laodicean
·adj Of or pertaining to Laodicea, a city in Phrygia Major; like the Christians of Laodicea; lukewarm in religion.
A Laodicean
![First edition, title page ([[Sampson Low]], Marston, Searle & Rivington), 1881](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A Laodicean.jpg?width=200 "First edition, title page ([[Sampson Low]], Marston, Searle & Rivington), 1881")
NOVEL BY THOMAS HARDY
A Laodicean; or, The Castle of the De Stancys. A Story of To-Day is a novel by Thomas Hardy, first published in 1880–81 in Harper's New Monthly Magazine.
