Arian

See also: -arian and arian

English

Etymology 1

From Late Latin Arianus, from Arius + -ānus (“-an: forming adjectives”), from Ancient Greek Ἄρειος (Áreios), from ἄρειος (áreios, “Arean, warlike”), from Ἄρης (Árēs, “Ares”) + -ιος (-ios, “-y: forming adjectives”). Cf. Arean.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛəɹi.ən/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
• Homophones: Aryan, Arrian, Arean

Noun

Arian (plural Arians)

1. (Christianity, historical) A supporter of the Cyrenaic monk Arius and his faction in the 4th-century Church.
2. (Christianity) A believer of Arianism, particularly (historical) the official Arian churches lasting to the 7th century.
3. (Christianity, inexact, usually derogatory) Synonym of unitarian, any Christian who denies the Trinity.
4. (Christianity, inexact, derogatory, dated) Synonym of heretic, any Christian differing from any of the beliefs of the speaker.

Translations

believer of Arian Christianity

• Catalan: arià (ca) m, arrià (ca) m
• Finnish: areiolainen (fi)
• French: arien (fr) m
• German: Arianer m, Arianerin f
• Italian: (used of both Arians and Aryans) ariano (it)
• Norwegian: arianer (no)
• Polish: arianin, arianka f
• Portuguese: ariano (pt) m
• Russian: ариа́нин (ru) m (ariánin), ариа́нка f (ariánka)
• Spanish: ariano m
• Tagalog: Aryano, Ariano

Adjective

Arian (not comparable)

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

Translations

pertaining to Arianism

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

  Mandarin: 阿里烏教派的 (Ālǐwū jiàopài de)

• Finnish: areiolainen (fi)
• French: arien (fr)
• German: arianisch (de)
• Greek: αρειανός (el) (areianós)
• Italian: ariano (it) (used both for Aryan and Arian)
• Japanese: アリウス派の (Ariusu-ha no)
• Korean: 아리우스파의 (Ariuseupa-ui)
• Old English: Arianisċ
• Polish: ariański (pl)
• Portuguese: ariano (pt)
• Russian: ариа́нский (ru) (ariánskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аријански

  Roman: arijanski (sh)

• Spanish: ariano
• Swedish: ariansk

Etymology 2

From Aries +‎ -ian, from Latin aries (“ram”).

Noun

Arian (plural Arians)

1. (astrology) Synonym of Aries, a person born under the influence of Aries.

Adjective

Arian (comparative more Arian, superlative most Arian)

1. (astrology) Of or related to Aries, its nature, and its influence.
   • 1917, Herbert T. Waite, Compendium of Natal Astrology and Universal Ephemeris, page 39:

     The Arian nature is to create the idea...

Synonyms

• Arietian

Etymology 3

Noun

Arian (plural Arians)

1. Alternative spelling of Aryan

Etymology 4

From Latin Arianus, from Aria + -anus (“-an”). Equivalent to Aria +‎ -an.

Adjective

Arian (not comparable)

1. (chiefly historical) Of or related to Aria, the region around Herat in Afghanistan, particularly in the context of its ancient history.

Alternative forms

• Areian

Anagrams

• Iraan, Raina, Riaan, aiRNA, airan, airna, naira