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homousian

homousian is the alternative form of homoousian.

Meaning of homoousian

Adjective

homoousian (not comparable)

  1. Having the same essence or substance, especially with reference to the first and second persons of the Trinity (Father and Son).
    • But the more fashionable saints of the Arian times, the intrepid Athanasius, the learned Gregory Nazianzen, and the other pillars of the church, who supported with ability and success the Nicene doctrine, appeared to consider the expression of substance as if it had been synonymous with that of...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 252
    Synonyms:
    consubstantial

See all 2 meanings of homoousian

Forms of homousian

Adjective
comparativemore homousian
superlativemost homousian
Noun
pluralhomousians

Questions about homousian

What is homousian the alternative form of?
Homousian is the alternative form of homoousian.

Words near homousian in the dictionary

  1. homotypic synonyms
  2. homotypical
  3. homotypically
  4. homotypy
  5. homotyrosine
  6. homousian
  7. homousians
  8. homousious
  9. homovalence
  10. homovalent
  11. homovalvate

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