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

For this opinion the two popes are angrily dealt with by our author, and charged with being half Sabellian, half humanitarian.

From Project Gutenberg

The Umbrian-Sabellian tribes had the same phonetic peculiarity as the Celts.

From Project Gutenberg

These carry for war javelins and grim stabbing weapons, and fight with the round shaft and sharp point of the Sabellian pike.

From Project Gutenberg

I would urge it on my son, did not the mixture of blood by his Sabellian mother make this half his native land.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg