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Arian

ˈæriən
After Lucius, the Arian patriarch, touches a ball, the children make a big fire to clear the ball.
After Lucius, the Arian patriarch, touches a ball, the children make a big fire to clear the ball.
Illustrations
In the foreground Lucius, the Arian bishop of Alexandria in a square. He kicks a ball and thus interrupts the ball game of a few children. The children shout and gesticulate.
In the foreground Lucius, the Arian bishop of Alexandria in a square. He kicks a ball and thus interrupts the ball game of a few children. The children shout and gesticulate.
In the foreground, Gregory, an Arian bishop of Alexandria, is being mistreated by the people of Alexandria. In the background his church is set on fire.
In the foreground, Gregory, an Arian bishop of Alexandria, is being mistreated by the people of Alexandria. In the background his church is set on fire.
Two performances on one plate. Above: in the foreground Lucius, the Arian bishop of Alexandria in a square. He kicks a ball and thus interrupts the ball game of a few children. The children shout and gesticulate. Below: After Lucius, the Arian patriarch, touches a ball, the children make a big fire to clear the ball.
Two performances on one plate. Above: in the foreground Lucius, the Arian bishop of Alexandria in a square. He kicks a ball and thus interrupts the ball game of a few children. The children shout and gesticulate. Below: After Lucius, the Arian patriarch, touches a ball, the children make a big fire to clear the ball.
Two performances on one plate. Above: In the foreground, Gregory, an Arian bishop of Alexandria, is being mistreated by the people of Alexandria. In the background his church is set on fire. Below: in the foreground some men with spears on which the head of a monk is speared. In the background the riot of Constantinople and the headless corpse of the monk.
Two performances on one plate. Above: In the foreground, Gregory, an Arian bishop of Alexandria, is being mistreated by the people of Alexandria. In the background his church is set on fire. Below: in the foreground some men with spears on which the head of a monk is speared. In the background the riot of Constantinople and the headless corpse of the monk.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Arian
    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.
  2. Arian
    (Ethnol) See Aryan.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. Arian
    Pertaining to or of the nature of the doctrines of Arius. See II.
  2. Arian
    Adhering to Arius or his doctrines.
  3. (n) Arian
    In theology, one who adheres to the doctrines of Arius and his school. Arius was a presbyter of the church of Alexandria in the fourth century. He held that the Son was begotten of the Father, and therefore not coeternal nor consubstantial with the Father, but created by and subordinate to the Father, though possessing a similar nature. The name Arian is given in theology not only to all those who adopt this particular view of the nature of Christ, but also to all those who, holding to the divine nature of Christ, yet maintain his dependence upon and subordination to the Father in the Godhead. As a class the Arians accept the Scriptures as a divinely inspired and authoritative book, and declare their doctrines to be sustained by its teachings. The doctrine of Arius was authoritatively condemned by the Council of Nice a. d. 325, which decreed that Jesus Christ was “very God of very God; begotten, not made; of one substance with the Father.”
  4. (n) Arian
    See Aryan.
  5. (n) Arian
    A compound suffix of Latin origin, forming adjectives, and thence nouns, from or instead of adjectives or nouns in -ary. Words so formed refer sometimes to things, as agrarian, but chiefly to persons, either in regard to pursuit or occupation, as antiquarian, or to age, as sexagenarian, octogenarian, centenarian, etc., or to religious or social belief and practice, as Aquarian, Millenarian, necessarian, Supralapsarian, Unitarian, humanitarian, utilitarian, etc. In the last use the termination is extended to words of non-Latin origin, as anythingarian, nothingarian.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (adj) Arian
    ā′ri-an pertaining to Arius of Alexandria (died 336), who denied the divinity of Christ
  2. (n) Arian
    one who adheres to the doctrines of Arius: a Unitarian
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary L. Arianus,

Usage in the news

Led by Arian Foster (124 yards, TD), Houston rushed for a team-record 261 yards and three touchdowns in a 30-12 victory over Cleveland. espn.go.com

The choice between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney isn't so much different than choosing between Aaron Rodgers and Arian Foster in a fantasy football draft. espn.go.com

Sunday's forecast calls for an Arian Foster field day against the Bills. blog.chron.com

FLOTILLA (FR Dark Bay or Brown Filly, 2 yo, 122 lb) $540,000 Mizzen Mast —Louvain (IRE), by Sinndar (IRE) B—Eric Puerari, Oceanic Bloodstock & Ariane Gravereaux, FR. bloodhorse.com

The weather played a factor in this game, but Forte 's counterpart Arian Foster was able to rush for over 100 yards, so it was surprising to see Forte struggle. msn.foxsports.com

Arian Foster says it won't be long before a gay NFL player comes out. blog.chron.com

Arian Foster celebrates with fans after the Texans' 24-10 victory over the Titans last Sunday in Nashville. blog.chron.com

Interim Indianapolis Colts coach Bruce Arians was willing to give the Patriots credit for a dominating performance in Andrew Luck's first game at New England. newsobserver.com

FOXBOROUGH, Mass.—Interim Indianapolis Colts coach Bruce Arians was willing to give the Patriots credit for a dominating performance in Andrew Luck's first game at New England. mercurynews.com

Areas with high unemployment see narrow wage gaps , Ariane Hegewisch, study director at the Institute for Women's Policy Research, told Forbes magazine. csmonitor.com

Texans running back Arian Foster has 12 total touchdowns so far this season. blog.chron.com

The Texans got the 13-6 victory on Sunday by forcing four turnovers and grinding out the win with their running game led by Arian Foster's 102 yards rushing and the game's only touchdown on a 2-yard reception. therepublic.com

"He has taken steps forward the last two weeks and I would say he's very close to being ready to go back in there for Arian and maybe carry the ball 15 times, that type of thing," Kubiak said. timesunion.com

INDIANAPOLIS—Bruce Arians always wanted to coach his own NFL team. alamogordonews.com

Win the next two and Bruce Arians sets the NFL record for wins by an interim head coach. crescent-news.com

Usage in scientific papers

The use of a SOYUZ-Fregat launcher instead of an ARIANE V for P lanck requires a launcher adapter and diameter reduction: 420mm for the solar array and 40 mm for the structure.
The Molecular Hydrogen Explorer H2EX

Other constraints from Space are the weight and size, the Gaia mission was downsized in order to fit on a Soyuz rocket, which is less costly than an Ariane launch.
The impact of Gaia and LSST on binary stars and exo-planets

Definition of Linguistic Structure (DLS) The linguistic structure used in Parax is inspired by the structures of the dictionaries of GETA ’s ARIANE system.
Interlingual Lexical Organisation for Multilingual Lexical Databases in NADIA

Right : Herschel and Planck integrated in the Ariane 5 rocket, ready for take off on its launch pad.
Primordial Fluctuations in String Cosmology

The satellite was launched from Kourou (French Guiana) on an Ariane-4 rocket in 1989.
From Hipparcos to Gaia

Usage in literature

It is said that Constantine was baptized into the Arian communion in the year 337. "The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal," by Various

The orthodox recalled Paul; the Arians consecrated Macedonius. "Byzantine Churches in Constantinople" by Alexander Van Millingen

The queen was an Athanasian, and the king an Arian Catholic, and neither was willing to endure the heresy of the other. "Women of the Romance Countries (Illustrated)" by John R Effinger

Death was the penalty for any one guilty of concealing an Arian book. "The Religious Life of London" by J. Ewing Ritchie

I think her Ariane is commonly adjudged a failure. "Interpreters" by Carl Van Vechten

For a few days he was filled with the remembrance of the disgraceful Arian conspiracy. "Klytia" by George Taylor

He was moderately Calvinistic in his views and leaned towards Arianism. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7" by Various

Arian sovereigns, tolerance of the, i. "View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)" by Henry Hallam

Justin was orthodox, Theodoric was an Arian. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1" by Various

THE ARIANS OF THE FOURTH CENTURY. "The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer" by John Gerard

Usage in poetry
All heav'n's astonish'd at his form,
The mighty God became a worm.
Down Arian pride, to him shall bow,
He's Jesus and Jehovah too.
"The Believer's Principles : Chap. I." by Ralph Erskine Author object (545)
With these run Arian monsters in a line,
All gospel-truth at once to undermine!
To darken and delete, like hellish foes,
The brightest colour of the Sharon Rose.
At best its human red they but decry,
That blot the divine white, the native dye.
"The Believer's Espousals : Chapter V." by Ralph Erskine Author object (545)