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

Yet Socinus* was the Augustine of the Unitarians.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

In 1656 he is said to have published the complete works of Socinus, two folio volumes in the collection, entitled Bibliotheca Fratrum Polonorum.

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

Thus, in 1656, the works of Socinus could only be printed at Irenopolis.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene

In the Racovian Catechism, of which Faustus Socinus probably drew the first sketch, a clearer light is arrived at.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene