Athanasian [ath-uh-ney-zhuh n] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- of or relating to Athanasius or to the doctrines ascribed to him.
noun
- Theology. a follower of Athanasius or a believer in the Athanasian Creed.
Origin of Athanasian First recorded in 1580–90; Athanasi(us) + -an Examples from the Web for athanasian Historical Examples of athanasian
And in this Trinity “none is afore or after the other,” which recalls the Athanasian Creed.
Forbes Phillips
It is needless to say that Tiny had been to church and heard the Athanasian Creed.
The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6
Augustus J. C. Hare
You must know, surely, that I did not use to be an Athanasian, or even a Waterlandian.
Paxton Hood
The Athanasian Creed is not objectionable because of its damnatory clauses.
Mark Rutherford
It was a century later that the dogma was defined in its Athanasian form.
Daniel G. Brinton
Word Origin and History for athanasian Athanasian adj.
1580s, from Athanasius, archbishop of Alexandria in the reign of Constantine. The name is Latin, from Greek Athanasios, from athanatos “immortal,” from a- “not,” privative prefix, + thanatos “death.”