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Webster 1913 Edition

Sabellian

Sa-bel′li-an

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Adj.
Pertaining to the doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See
Sabellian
,
Noun.

Sa-bel′li-an

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Noun.
(Eccl. Hist.)
A follower of
Sabellius
, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is but one person in the Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are only different powers, operations, or offices of the one God the Father.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sabellian

SABELLIAN

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Adj.
Pertaining to the heresy of Sabellius.

SABELLIAN

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Noun.
A follower of Sabellius, a philosopher of Egypt in the third century, who openly taught that there is one person only in the Godhead, and that the Word and Holy Spirit are only virtues, emanations or functions of the Deity.

Definition 2024

Sabellian

Sabellian

See also: sabellian

English

Proper noun

Sabellian

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

Adjective

Sabellian ‎(not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Sabellian language.
Translations
Synonyms

Noun

Sabellian ‎(plural Sabellians)

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

Etymology 2

From Sabellius +‎ -an.

Noun

Sabellian ‎(plural Sabellians)

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

sabellian

sabellian

See also: Sabellian

English

Adjective

sabellian ‎(comparative more sabellian, superlative most sabellian)

  1. Of or pertaining to the heresiarch Sabellius, or to sabellianism.

Etymology

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