Sabellian
Americannoun
noun
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an extinct language or group of languages of ancient Italy, surviving only in a few inscriptions belonging to the Osco-Umbrian group
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a member of any of the ancient peoples speaking this language, including the Sabines
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Sabellian
1595–1605; < Latin Sabell ( us ) a member of any of the Oscan-speaking Italic ethnic groups + -ian
Example Sentences
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They now took the name of Mamertini, or "Children of Mars," from Mamers, a Sabellian name for that deity.
From A Smaller History of Rome by Smith, William, Sir
No: I discerned too plainly what Gibbon states, that the Sabellian, if consistent, is only a concealed Ebionite, or us we now say, a Unitarian, Socinian.
From Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed by Newman, Francis William
The following quotations are, in any case, valuable as setting forth the Sabellian position.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
Many of these cities had now fallen into decay through internal dissensions and the conquests of the Lucanians and other Sabellian tribes; but Tarentum, originally a Lacedæmonian colony, still maintained her former power and splendor.
From A Smaller History of Rome by Smith, William, Sir
Had it stood alone, the creed would have been Sabellian; but at Nicæa it was checked by from the essence.
From The Arian Controversy by Gwatkin, Henry Melvill
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