homoean
/hɒˈmiːən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to the belief established in the fourth century as a middle ground between the homoousian and homoiousian positions, contending merely that the Father is ‘like’ the Son.
noun
Someone who subscribes to this belief.
Example Sentences
- "Maybe the Homoean formula of Ariminum would have succeeded in uniting the Church if Constantius had not unexpectedly died in his mid-forties in 361."
Etymology
From Latin homoeus, from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “like, similar”), + -an.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /hɒˈmiːən/