Socinus

American  

[soh-sahy-nuhs] / soʊˈsaɪ nəs /

noun

1. Faustus Fausto Sozzini, 1539–1604, and his uncle, Laelius (Lelio Sozzini ), 1525–62, Italian Protestant theologians and reformers.

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Socinus British  

/ səʊˈsaɪnəs /

noun

1. Faustus (ˈfɔːstəs), Italian name Fausto Sozzini, 1539–1604, and his uncle, Laelius (ˈliːlɪəs), Italian name Lelio Sozzini, 1525–62, Italian Protestant theologians and reformers

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Example Sentences

This was a monument to the fallacy that ideas cannot be crushed by force, for it was the tomb of Faustus Socinus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet Socinus* was the Augustine of the Unitarians.

From Time Magazine Archive

Socinus was the first who, on the ground that Church and State ought to be separated, required universal toleration.

From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

There arrived from Cracow a troop of Hungarian soldiers who announced themselves as followers of Socinus.

From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by J?kai, M?r

Fava, who denies all the reputed connection between Templars and Masons, and traces the latter to Faustus Socinus as founder, following Abbé Lefranc in his “Veil raised for the Curious.”

From Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer by Waite, Arthur Edward