Arians

Noun (1)

Arian (plural Arians)

1. (historical) A supporter of the Cyrenaic monk Arius and his faction in the 4th-century Church.
   • The Arians celebrated the virtue of their pious confessor; the Catholics ambitiously claimed his alliance; and the Pagans, who might be susceptible of shame or remorse, were deterred from the repetition of such unavailing cruelty.1781, Edward Gibbon, chapter XXIII, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume II, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC
2. A believer of Arianism, particularly (historical) the official Arian churches lasting to the 7th century.
3. (derogatory, usually, inexact) Synonym of unitarian, any Christian who denies the Trinity.

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   unitarian, any Christian who denies the Trinity

4. (dated, derogatory, inexact) Synonym of heretic, any Christian differing from any of the beliefs of the speaker.

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   heretic, any Christian differing from any of the beliefs of the speaker

Noun (2)

Arian (plural Arians)

1. Synonym of Aries, a person born under the influence of Aries.

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   Aries

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