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Sabellian

[ suh-bel-ee-uhn ]

noun

  1. a member of a group of early Italian peoples including the Samnites and Sabines.


Sabellian

/ əˈɛɪə /

noun

  1. an extinct language or group of languages of ancient Italy, surviving only in a few inscriptions belonging to the Osco-Umbrian group
  2. a member of any of the ancient peoples speaking this language, including the Sabines
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to this language or its speakers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Sabellian1

1595–1605; < Latin Sabell ( us ) a member of any of the Oscan-speaking Italic ethnic groups + -ian
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Sabellian1

C17: from Latin ī group of Italian tribes
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Example Sentences

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But the Sabellian theory, which the Unitarians inherited, was in no respect justified, save as a tradition.

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His famous letter to our Dionysius on the Sabellian controversy is not included in this volume.

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The martyr was often regarded by his brethren as an apostate; and the Carpocratian Christian expired under the sword of the Roman executioner, excommunicated by the Ebionite Christian, which Ebionite was anathematized by the Sabellian.

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Old Sabellian" of Picenum, "believed to be the oldest inscriptions on Italian soil.

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Thus the Antiochenes and other heretics sometimes were Arians, sometimes Sabellians, sometimes Nestorians, sometimes Monophysites, as if at random, from fidelity to their common principle, that there is no mystery in theology.

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