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Unitarian vs Arian - What's the difference?

unitarian | arian |

As an adjective unitarian

is espousing a unitary view of something.

As a noun unitarian

is one who denies the doctrine of the trinity, believing that god exists only in one person; a unipersonalist.

As a verb arian is

to show mercy to, spare.

unitarian

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A Christian who does not believe in the traditional doctrine of the Trinity.
  • A follower of Unitarian Universalism; or a member of a Unitarian Universalist Church in North America who adhered to, or identifies with, the Unitarian part of that church prior to consolidation in 1961.
  • (rare) A Muslim, Jew or other kind of monotheist who is not a Christian.
  • A member of a certain political movement, especially the Unitarios'' of nineteenth century Argentina (known as the ''Unitarian Party in English).

    • Synonyms

    * Unitarian Universalist

    Antonyms

    * Trinitarian

    Derived terms

    * Unitarianism

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to Unitarianism

    • References

    arian

    English

    Etymology 1

    From Arianus.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Christianity) A disciple of the Egyptian monk Arius, presbyter of Alexandria, who denied the Trinity but did not deny the preexistence of Christ.
  • # One who follows the Christology of Arianism.
  • # A heretic or any heresy.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (Christianity) Of or pertaining to (Arius) or Arianism.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person whose star sign is Aries

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Anagrams

    * English eponyms