Sabellian

[ suh-bel-ee-uhn ]

noun

1. a member of a group of early Italian peoples including the Samnites and Sabines.

Sabellian

/ səˈbɛlɪən /

noun

1. an extinct language or group of languages of ancient Italy, surviving only in a few inscriptions belonging to the Osco-Umbrian group
2. a member of any of the ancient peoples speaking this language, including the Sabines

adjective

1. of or relating to this language or its speakers

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sabellian¹

1595–1605; < Latin Sabell ( us ) a member of any of the Oscan-speaking Italic ethnic groups + -ian

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sabellian¹

C17: from Latin Sabellī group of Italian tribes

Example Sentences

But the Sabellian theory, which the Unitarians inherited, was in no respect justified, save as a tradition.

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His famous letter to our Dionysius on the Sabellian controversy is not included in this volume.

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The martyr was often regarded by his brethren as an apostate; and the Carpocratian Christian expired under the sword of the Roman executioner, excommunicated by the Ebionite Christian, which Ebionite was anathematized by the Sabellian.

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Old Sabellian" of Picenum, "believed to be the oldest inscriptions on Italian soil.

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Thus the Antiochenes and other heretics sometimes were Arians, sometimes Sabellians, sometimes Nestorians, sometimes Monophysites, as if at random, from fidelity to their common principle, that there is no mystery in theology.

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