Definition of Arius

1. Noun. A Greek who was a Christian theologian active in Alexandria and who was declared a heretic for his doctrines about God (which came to be known as Arianism) (256?-336).


2. Noun. Type genus of the Ariidae: sea catfishes.
Exact synonyms: Genus Arius
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Ariidae, Family Ariidae
Member holonyms: Crucifix Fish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arius

Aristophanic
Aristotelean
Aristoteles
Aristotelia
Aristotelia racemosa
Aristotelia serrata
Aristotelian
Aristotelian logic
Aristotelianism
Aristotelians
Aristotelic
Aristotle's anomaly
Aristotle's lantern
Aristotle's lanterns
Arius (current term)
Ariz.
Arizona
Arizona ash
Arizona cypress
Arizona elegans
Arizona room
Arizona sycamore
Arizona white oak
Arizona wild cotton
Arizonan
Arizonans
Arizonian
Arizonians
Ariège

Literary usage of Arius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Grammar of the Latin Language, from Plautus to Suetonius by Henry John Roby (1876)
"... testament-arius, of a will (testamento-); tumultu-arius, of a bustle, ... arius, a citizen of the lowest class; pull-arius, a chicken-keeper (pullo-); ..."

2. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander (1854)
"in which he represented the doctrines of Arius as being altogether unchristian ... But Arius also sought, on his own part, to gain over to his side the ..."

3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1901)
"The abstruse question of the eternity of the Lagos was agitated in ecclesiastical con- Aim ferences and popular sermons; and the heterodox opinions of Arius ..."

4. A History of Eclecticism in Greek Philosophy by Eduard Zeller (1883)
"From a consolatory epistle of Arius to Li via, after the death of Drusus (9 ... It is true that in none of these passages is Arius called Didymus, ..."

5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"Arianism is a heresy, named from its most prominent representative, Arius, a presbyter of Alexandria (d.336; see Arius). It denied that the Son was of t he ..."

6. History of Liberty by Samuel Eliot (1853)
"Before this body, Arius and his adherents appeared. But instead of recanting the views which had brought them into peril, they declared through Arius that ..."

7. A New General Biographical Dictionary by Hugh James Rose (1853)
"Arius contested the appointment, and the strict integrity of the proceedings was (most probably falsely, but we cannot speak positively) impugned by the ..."

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