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Webster 1913 Edition

Semi-Arian

Semˊi-A′ri-an

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Noun.
[See
Arian
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(Eccl. Hist.)
A member of a branch of the Arians which did not acknowledge the Son to be consubstantial with the Father, that is, of the same substance, but admitted him to be of a like substance with the Father, not by nature, but by a peculiar privilege.

Sem′i-A′ri-an

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Adj.
Of or pertaining to Semi-Arianism.

Webster 1828 Edition

Semi-arian

SEMI-A'RIAN

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Noun.
[See Arian.] In ecclesiastical history, the Semi-arians were a branch of the Arians, who in appearance condemned the errors of Arius, but acquiesced in some of his principles, disguising them under more moderate terms. they did not acknowledge the Son to be consubstantial with the Father, that is, of the same substance, but admitted him to be of a like substance with the Father, not by nature, but by a peculiar priviledge.

SEMI-A'RIAN

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Adj.
Pertaining to semi-arianism.

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