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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The analogies which are used to explain the Trinity are all either Sabellian or Tritheistic.
From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by James Freeman Clarke
The charges against the Nicene leaders were often more than plausible, for men like the Cæsarean Eusebius dreaded Sabellianism, and Marcellus was practically Sabellian, and the others aiders and abettors of his misbelief.
From The Arian Controversy by Henry Melvill Gwatkin
Indeed, we are not really sure the researches were Sabellian.
From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan
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 Sir William Smith
The last of these condemns the Nicene of one essence—clearly as Sabellian, though no reason is given.
From The Arian Controversy by Henry Melvill Gwatkin
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