单词 | eusebian |
释义 | Eusebianadj.n. A. adj. 1. Of or pertaining to Eusebius. a. A distinctive epithet applied in the 4th cent. to the Arians, from their leader Eusebius, bishop of Nicomedia.Modern writers have often regarded it as referring to his contemporary Eusebius of Cæsarea, whose theology was rather semi-Arian than Arian, and who formed no party. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > major early Christian sects > Arianism > [adjective] Arian1642 Arianizinga1671 arianistical1791 Eusebian1882 1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 161/2 Gregorius, a bishop of the Eusebian party. b. Pertaining to Eusebius of Cæsarea, or the historical works written by him. Eusebian Canons n. an arrangement of the contents of the four Gospels into ten classes of passages, according as the passages occur in Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John alone, or in any one of the nine possible combinations of two or three out of the four. Numerals referring to these canons are often found in manuscripts of the Greek New Testament and of the early versions. ΚΠ 1860 J. Angus Bible Handbk. 23 To these [Ammonian] sections Eusebius..adapted his tables of references, called from him the Eusebian Canons. 1870 C. Wordsworth New Test. I. xxv The Eusebian Canons of the Four Gospels. 2. Eusebian pear n. the original has chrestien: see bon-christian under bon adj. ΚΠ 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xiii. 109 You shall eat good Eusebian and Bergamot-Pears. B. n. A member of the Eusebian sect. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > major early Christian sects > Arianism > [noun] > person Arian1532 Arianizera1680 Eusebian1730 Exucontian1844 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Eusebians, a sect of Arians, socalled on account of the favour shown them by Eusebius, bishop of Cæsarea. 1838 Penny Cycl. X. 95/1 [Eusebius] The party to which he [Eusebius of Cæsarea] attached himself were called Eusebians, from their leader Eusebius of Nicomedia. Derivatives Euˈsebianize v. (intransitive) to incline to Eusebian views. Euˈsebianizing adj. ΚΠ 1888 T. W. Allies Holy See p. vi The great letter of St. Julius to the Eusebianising bishops at Antioch in 342. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adj.n.1693 |
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