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sabellian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables
sabel-lian
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A certain language once spoken in Umbria, Italy.

adj

Of or pertaining to the Sabellian language.

noun

A member of a group of early Italian peoples comprising the Sabines, Samnites, and others.

noun

A follower of the Roman Christian prelate and theologian Sabellius.

noun

A Modalistic Monarchian; someone who believes that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are the same person.

Etymology

From Latin Sabellus + -ian, pertaining to the Sabellī, an Italic tribe, from Proto-Italic *saβn- (whence also Samnium, Samnones, Sabus, Sabīnus), perhaps from an uncertain Proto-Indo-European root, sometimes identified with the reflexive pronoun *swé (“self”) for the assumed meaning “one's own” (compare Proto-Germanic *swēbaz for a similar etymology), but this is highly suspect on phonetic grounds.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Sabellians (plural)

Derived Forms

Sabellianism Sabellianize

Synonyms

Sabellic sabellian language osco-umbrian

Questions

What does sabellian mean?
A certain language once spoken in Umbria, Italy.
Where does sabellian come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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