Sabellian

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A certain language once spoken in Umbria, Italy.

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to the Sabellian language.

Noun

• A member of a group of early Italian peoples comprising the Sabines, Samnites, and others.
• A follower of the Roman Christian prelate and theologian Sabellius.
• A Modalistic Monarchian; someone who believes that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are the same person.

Related

Similar words

• Sabellic

Origin

• From Latin Sabellus -ian, pertaining to the Sabelli, an tribe, from Proto-Italic *saβn-, from an uncertain Proto-Indo-European root, possibly *sabh-o, *sₑbho-, from *swé.
• From Sabellius -an.