humanitarian

& s. [Eng. human it ( y ); IMG:content-1342.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Ch. Hist.: One who believes that Jesus Christ po e es only humanity and not divinity as well; a unitarian. 2. Religions ( pl .): A small sect in London founded by Joachim Kaspary, a German Jew. Its tenets are explained in a publication called The Fifteen Doc trines of the Religion of God , written in 1866. Among these are pantheism and the transmigration of souls. A philanthropist; one who is actively engaged in philanthropic deeds. hū-măn-it-är-I-an-Işm, s . ian; -ism.] [Eng. human i tar Theol. & Ch. Hist .: The distinctive religious tenet of the Humanitarians (q. v.), or their whole system of belief. *hū-man-1-tian, s . [Eng. human it (y); -ian.] A humanist. "A singular scholar, and an excellent human it i an." P. Holland: Plutarch , p. 588.