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Webster 1913 Edition

Arian

Ar′ian

,
Adj.
&
Noun.
(Ethnol.)
See
Aryan
.

A′ri-an

,
Adj.
[L.
Arianus
.]
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.
–
Noun.
One who adheres to or believes the doctrines of Arius.
Mosheim.

Webster 1828 Edition

Arian

A'RIAN

,
Adj.
Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century; or to his doctrines.

A'RIAN

,
Noun.
One who adheres to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be a created being, inferior to God the father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings; and also that the Holy Spirit is not God, but created by the power of the Son.

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