arian : Idioms & Phrases

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semi-arian

Sem`i-A"ri*an noun
Etymology
See Arian.
Definitions
  1. (Eccl. Hist.) A member of a branch of the Arians which did not acknowledge the Son to be consubstantial with the Father, that is, of the same substance, but admitted him to be of a like substance with the Father, not by nature, but by a peculiar privilege.
Sem"i-A"ri*an adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to Semi-Arianism.
Webster 1913