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Sabellian

Sabellian proper noun: a certain language once spoken in Umbria, Italy.

Proper noun

Sabellian

  1. A certain language once spoken in Umbria, Italy.

Adjective

Sabellian (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Sabellian language.
    Synonyms:
    Sabellic

Noun (1)

Sabellian (plural Sabellians)

  1. A member of a group of early Italian peoples comprising the Sabines, Samnites, and others.

Noun (2)

Sabellian (plural Sabellians)

  1. A follower of the Roman Christian prelate and theologian Sabellius.
  2. A Modalistic Monarchian; someone who believes that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are the same person.

Synonyms of Sabellian

Forms of Sabellian

pluralSabellians

Origin of Sabellian

From Latin Sabellus + -ian, pertaining to the Sabellī, an Italic tribe, from Proto-Italic *saβn- (whence also Samnium, Samnones, Sabus, Sabīnus), perhaps from an uncertain Proto-Indo-European root, sometimes identified with the reflexive pronoun *swé (“self”) for the assumed meaning “one's own” (compare Proto-Germanic *swēbaz for a similar etymology), but this is highly suspect on phonetic grounds.

From Sabellius + -an.

Words formed from Sabellian

Questions about Sabellian

What does Sabellian mean?
Sabellian means a certain language once spoken in Umbria, Italy.
What part of speech is Sabellian?
Sabellian can be a proper noun, an adjective or a noun.

Words near Sabellian in the dictionary

  1. sabellarians
  2. sabellariid
  3. sabellariids
  4. sabellas
  5. Sabelli
  6. Sabellian
  7. Sabellianism
  8. Sabellianize
  9. Sabellianized
  10. Sabellianizes
  11. Sabellianizing

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