Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
Aryan . - Pertaining to or of the nature of the doctrines of Arius. See II.
- Adhering to Arius or his doctrines.
- noun In theology, one who adheres to the doctrines of Arius and his school.
- noun A compound suffix of Latin origin, forming adjectives, and thence nouns, from or instead of adjectives or nouns in -ary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Ethnol.) See
Aryan . - adjective Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be inferior to God the Father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Christianity A
disciple of theEgyptian monk Arius, presbyter of Alexandria, who denied theTrinity but did not deny thepreexistence of Christ. - noun A person whose
star sign isAries - noun see
Aryan : A member of the ancient tribe of the Arios valley in Afghanistan, or their descendants. - adjective Christianity Of or pertaining to Arius or
Arianism .
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Examples
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"I would note that the name 'Arian' or 'Ariana'\ refers to an ancient tribe in Afghanistan, and the name is used by Afghans," he said, pointing out that there is a news outlet and an airline with the same name.
NYDN Rss NINA MANDELL 2012
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The IRA has killed several times the number of innocent civilians than the group Al-Arian is accused of supporting, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
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Just temper your prognostications a bit and consider how many layers of suckitude had to be peeled before the onion we know as Arian Foster appeared.
Fanhouse Main 2009
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The Arian is a pioneer both in thought and action, very open to new ideas and a lover of freedom.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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Usuard call Arian, and who had already put to death SS.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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But Catholicism in Spain was scotched, not killed, and when Reccared (586-601) called Arian and
The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 William Holden Hutton 1895
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What was the amount of theological divergence which was conveyed by these terms Arian and Catholic, or to speak more judicially
Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation Thomas Hodgkin 1872
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The judge who sentenced Arian to 57 months in prison called Arian a "master manipulator" who had been a "leader" of the terrorist group.
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS 2008
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He tells us, that he had now read over the two first Centuries of the Ciiurch; and founds that the Eusehian, or commonly called Arian, doc - trine was, for the main, the doctrine of those ages: and, as he thought it a point of duty to communi - cate what he had thus discovered, so Jiis heterodox notions upon the article of the Trinity were now pretty generally known.
Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer ... 1812
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The word "Arian" is derived from the Persian word "Arya" which refers to the first Iranian tribe living in the Ancient Persia during the early 5100s BC.
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