Ar|i|an

Ar|i|an¹ «AIR ee uhn», adjective, noun.

–adj.

of or having to do with the doctrine, denounced as heretical, that Christ the Son is subordinate to God the Father, because Christ was begotten of and created by God and so came into being after God.

–n.

a believer in this doctrine.

╂[< Arius, _A.D. 250?-336?, a Greek priest + -an]

Ar|i|an² «AIR ee uhn, AHR yuhn», adjective, noun.

= Aryan. (Cf. ↑Aryan)