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English

Semi-Arianism

From semi- + Arian + -ism.

Formed from semi- + Arian + -ism

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one’

Proto-Indo-European *sēmi ‘half’

English semi-

Ancient Greek ἀρή ‘bane, ruin’

Ancient Greek Ἄρης ‘Ares’

Ancient Greek Ἄρειος ‘Arean, warlike’

Late Latin Arius

Late Latin Arianus

English Arian

Today it means

noun A fourth-century-CE Trinitarian heresy in the Christian church, claiming that the Son was "like" the Father but not of the same substance (homoiousian).

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