Arian
[eәriәn]
Definition
(a. & n.) See Aryan.
(a.) Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be inferior to God the Father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings.
(n.) One who adheres to or believes the doctrines of Arius.
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Definition
adj. pertaining to Arius of Alexandria (died 336) who denied the divinity of Christ.—n. one who adheres to the doctrines of Arius: a Unitarian.—v.t. A′rianise.—n. A′rianism the doctrines of the Arians.
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Examples
- Most of the barbarian invaders of the empire were Arians; probably because their simple minds found the Trinitarian position incomprehensible. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The chief views that the historian notices are those of the Arians, the Sabellians, and the Trinitarians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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