Athanasian









Athanasian


Athanasian [ath-uh-ney-zhuh n] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

  1. of or relating to Athanasius or to the doctrines ascribed to him.

noun

  1. 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.

    War and the Weird

    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.

    Christmas Evans

    Paxton Hood

  • The Athanasian Creed is not objectionable because of its damnatory clauses.

    More Pages from a Journal

    Mark Rutherford

  • It was a century later that the dogma was defined in its Athanasian form.

    The Religious Sentiment

    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.”

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