Arian

See also -arian, and arian

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛəriən
• Homophone: Aryan

Noun

Arian (plural Arians)

1. (Christianity) A disciple of the Egyptian monk Arius, presbyter of Alexandria, who denied the Trinity but did not deny the preexistence of Christ.
   1. One who follows the Christology of Arianism.
   2. (mainly 17-19th Century usage) (derogatory) A heretic or any heresy.
2. A person whose star sign is Aries
3. see Aryan: A member of the ancient tribe of the Arios valley in Afghanistan, or their descendants.

Translations

a kind of Christian who holds Arian ideas

• Catalan: arià (ca) m, arrià (ca) m
• Finnish: areiolainen (fi)
• French: arien (fr) m
• German: Arianer (de) m, Arianerin (de) f
• Italian: (used of both Arians and Aryans) ariano (it)

• Norwegian: arianer (no)
• Polish: arianin (pl)
• Portuguese: (used of both Arians and Aryans) ariano (pt) m
• Russian: арианин (ru) (arianin)
• Spanish: ariano (es) m

someone whose star sign is in Aries — see Aries

Adjective

Arian (not comparable)

1. (Christianity) Of or pertaining to Arius or Arianism.

Translations

pertaining to Arianism

• Bulgarian: ариански (bg) (arianski) m
• Catalan: arià (ca), arrià (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿里烏教派的 (cmn) (aliwujiaopaide)

• Finnish: areiolainen (fi)
• French: arien (fr)
• German: arianisch (de)

• Italian: ariano (it) (used both for Aryan and Arian)
• Japanese: アリウス派の (ja) (ありうすはの)
• Korean: 아리우스파의 (ko) (ariuspa-ui)
• Polish: ariański (pl)
• Russian: арианский (ru) (arianskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аријански (sh)

  Roman: arijanski (sh)

• Spanish: ariano (es)
• Swedish: ariansk (sv)

Anagrams

• airan, naira