monoousian
/ˌmɑnoʊˈuzi.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having one and the same nature or essence, especially with regard to the persons of the Trinity.
Example Sentences
- "But the homoousian Trinity of the orthodox went exactly in the middle, betwixt that monoousian trinity of Sabellius, which was a trinity of different notions or conceptions only of one and the self-same thing, and that other heteroousian trinity of Arius, which was a trinity of separate and heterogenous substances (one of which only was God, and the other creatures); […]"
- "The use of the word "monoousian," as above, may mislead; for the orthodox view of the trinity has unquestionably and necessarily a monoousian basis; there is, and can be, but one essence in the godhead."
- "The trinitarian idea of personality lies midway between that of a mere form of manifestation, or a personation, which would lead to Sabellianism, and the idea of an independent, limited human personality, which would result in tritheism. In other words, it avoids the monoousian or unitarian trinity of a threefold conception and aspect of one and the same being, and the triousian or tritheistic trinity of three distinct and separate beings."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌmɑnoʊˈuzi.ən/
- British English: /ˌmɒnəʊˈuːzɪən/