Sabellian

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English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin Sabellus +‎ -ian, pertaining to the Sabelli, an Italic tribe, from Proto-Italic *saβn-, from an uncertain Proto-Indo-European root, possibly *sabʰ-o-, *sₑbʰ-o- (“one's own”), from *swé (“self”).[1][2]

Proper noun[edit]

Sabellian

  1. A certain language once spoken in Umbria, Italy.
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Adjective[edit]

Sabellian (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Sabellian language.
    Synonym: Sabellic
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Noun[edit]

Sabellian (plural Sabellians)

  1. A member of a group of early Italian peoples comprising the Sabines, Samnites, and others.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Sabellius +‎ -an.

Noun[edit]

Sabellian (plural Sabellians)

  1. (Christianity) A follower of the Roman Christian prelate and theologian Sabellius.
  2. (Christianity) A Modalistic Monarchian; someone who believes that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are the same person.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Stuart-Smith, Jane (2004): Phonetics and Philology: Sound Change in Italic, p. 67
  2. ^ Giacomo Devoto, Gli Antichi Italici, Firenze, Vallecchi, 1931, p.103
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