Arian

¹

[ air-ee-uhn, ar- ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Arius or Arianism.

noun

1. an adherent of Arianism.

-arian

²

1. a suffix forming personal nouns corresponding to Latin adjectives ending in -ārius or English adjectives or nouns ending in -ary ( librarian; proletarian; Rotarian; seminarian; sexagenarian; veterinarian ); subsequently productive in English with other Latinate stems, forming nouns denoting a person who supports, advocates, or practices a doctrine, theory, or set of principles associated with the base word: authoritarian; establishmentarian; totalitarian; vegetarian .

Arian

¹

/ ˈɛərɪən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characterizing Arius or Arianism

noun

1. an adherent of Arianism

adjective

1. a variant spelling of Aryan

-arian

²

suffix forming nouns

1. indicating a person or thing that advocates, believes, or is associated with something

   millenarian

   vegetarian

   librarian

Word History and Origins

Origin of Arian¹

1525–35; < Late Latin Ariānus of, pertaining to Arius; -an

Origin of Arian²

< Latin -āri ( us ) or -ary + -an

Word History and Origins

Origin of Arian¹

from Latin -ārius -ary + -an

Example Sentences

Cast: Jake McLaughlin, Delroy Lindo, Kyle MacLachlan, Johnny Sequoyah, Arian Moayed, Jamie Chung.

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Constantine (the Great) called the first council of Nice to determine on the Arian heresy.

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He might have been raised to the dignity of Patrician, if he would have renounced his Arian creed.

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Socrates, Cicero, and Arian express belief in the prophetic powers occasionally manifested by the dying.

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Adjoining the back premises of one of the hotels is the old Arian baptistery, now the oratory of Sta.

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When the Arian controversy broke out, Eusebius showed considerable sympathy with Arius.

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