Sabellian
a member of a group of early Italian peoples including the Samnites and Sabines.
Origin of Sabellian
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How to use Sabellian in a sentence
For this opinion the two popes are angrily dealt with by our author, and charged with being half Sabellian, half humanitarian.
Studies of Christianity | James MartineauThe Umbrian-Sabellian tribes had the same phonetic peculiarity as the Celts.
These carry for war javelins and grim stabbing weapons, and fight with the round shaft and sharp point of the Sabellian pike.
The Aeneid of Virgil | VirgilI would urge it on my son, did not the mixture of blood by his Sabellian mother make this half his native land.
The Aeneid of Virgil | VirgilBut the Sabellian theory, which the Unitarians inherited, was in no respect justified, save as a tradition.
Recollections and Impressions | Octavius Brooks Frothingham
British Dictionary definitions for Sabellian
/ (səˈbɛlɪən) /
an extinct language or group of languages of ancient Italy, surviving only in a few inscriptions belonging to the Osco-Umbrian group
a member of any of the ancient peoples speaking this language, including the Sabines
of or relating to this language or its speakers
Origin of Sabellian
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