Semi-Arian

From semi- +‎ Arian.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛ.miˈɛəɹi.ən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛ.miˈɛɹi.ən/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən

Semi-Arian (plural Semi-Arians)

1. (historical) A member of the Semi-Arianism movement.
   • 1781, Edward Gibbon, chapter XXV, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume II, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC:

     As it frequently happens, that the sounds and characters which approach the nearest to each other accidentally represent the most opposite ideas, the observation would be itself ridiculous, if it were possible to mark any real and sensible distinction between the doctrine of the Semi-Arians, as they were improperly styled, and that of the Catholics themselves.

Semi-Arian (not comparable)

1. (historical) Of or relating to the Semi-Arianism movement.
   • 1781, Edward Gibbon, chapter XXV, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume II, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC:

     The highways of the East were crowded with Homoousian, and Arian, and Semi-Arian, and Eunomian bishops, who struggled to outstrip each other in the holy race: […] .