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homoiousians

homoiousians is the plural of homoiousian.

Meaning of homoiousian

Noun

homoiousian (plural homoiousians)

  1. (historical) One of the Semi-Arians of the 4th century who held that the Son was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with the Father.
    • The Greek word, which was chosen to express this mysterious resemblance, bears so close an affinity to the orthodox symbol, that the profane of every age have derided the furious contests which the difference of a single diphthong excited between the Homoousians and the Homoiousians.1781, Edward Gibbon, chapter XXI, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume II, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, page 257

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Questions about homoiousians

What is homoiousians the plural of?
Homoiousians is the plural of homoiousian.

Words near homoiousians in the dictionary

  1. homoiotherms
  2. homoiothermy
  3. homoiousia
  4. homoiousian
  5. homoiousianism
  6. homoiousians
  7. homoiousious
  8. homoisoflavane
  9. homoisoflavanes
  10. homoisoflavone
  11. homoisoflavones

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