Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
Homoousian [hoh-moh-oo-see-uh n, -ou-, hom-oh-] Word Origin noun
- a member of a 4th-century a.d. church party that maintained that the essence or substance of the Father and the Son is the same (opposed to Heteroousian).
adjective
- of or relating to the Homoousians or their doctrine.
Origin of Homoousian 1555–65; Late Greek homooúsi(os) of the same substance (Greek hom(o)- homo- + ousí(a) substance, essence + -os adj. suffix) + -an Related formsHo·mo·ou·si·an·ism, noun British Dictionary definitions for homoousian Homoousian noun
- a Christian who believes that the Son is of the same substance as the FatherCompare Homoiousian
adjective
- of or relating to the Homoousians
Derived FormsHomoousianism, nounWord Origin for Homoousian C16: from Late Greek homoousios of the same substance, from Greek homo- + ousia nature