Semi-Arianadj.n.
A. adj.
Partially Arian; used chiefly with reference to a sect which arose in the 4th cent. a.d., holding that the Son is of like substance (ὁμοιούσιος) but not of the same substance (ὁμοούσιος) with the Father.
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homoiousian1683
Semi-Arian1781
Lucianic1882
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) II. xxi. 267 The Arian and Semi-Arian factions.
1833 J. H. Newman Arians 4th Cent. iv. ii The Semi-Arian Creed.
B. n.
One who holds Semi-Arian views.
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Semi-Arian1607
Lucianist1728
homoiousian1732
Collucianist1753
1607 T. Rogers Faith, Doctr., & Relig. 23 Some affirme the holy Ghost to be but a meere creature, as did Arius, the Semiarians [etc.].
1667 H. More Divine Dialogues Schol., in Wks. (1713) 549 The Semiarians, who affirm'd the Son to be in no wise of the same Substance with the Father, but allowed him in all things to be like him in Substance and Being.
a1773 A. Butler Lives Saints (1779) II. 133 Eustathius, bishop of Sebaste, a Semi-Arian.
Derivatives
Semi-ˈArianism n.
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Semi-Arianism1819
the Homoiousion1833
1819 Brit. Rev. XIV. 81 From Calvinism, through the intermediate states of Arianism and Semi-Arianism, into Socinianism, or Unitarianism.
1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. 50/2 In 359 the Emperor did his utmost to establish Semiarianism, but his efforts were in vain.
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