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Semi-ˈArian, a. and n.
[ad. eccl. L. sēmiarīānus: see semi- 8 b and Arian.]
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.
b. n. One who holds Semi-Arian views.
a1616T. Rogers 39 Art. v. (1625) 23 Some affirme the holy Ghost to be but a meere creature, as did Arius, the Semiarians [etc.]. 1667H. More Div. Dial. Schol., 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. 1756–9A. Butler Lives of Saints, S. Meletius, Eustathius, bishop of Sebaste, a semi-Arian. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xxi. (1787) II. 267 The Arian and Semi-Arian factions. 1833J. H. Newman Arians iv. ii, The Semi-Arian Creed.
Hence Semi-ˈArianism.
1819Brit. Rev. XIV. 81 From Calvinism, through the intermediate states of Arianism and Semi-Arianism, into Socinianism, or Unitarianism. 1884Cath. Dict. 50/2 In 359 the Emperor did his utmost to establish Semiarianism, but his efforts were in vain. |