ARMINIUS

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• ARMINIUS (noun)
  The noun ARMINIUS has 2 senses:

1. Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609)

2. German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19)

  Familiarity information: ARMINIUS used as a noun is rare.

• ARMINIUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Arminius; Jacob Harmensen; Jacobus Arminius; Jakob Hermandszoon

Instance hypernyms:

theologian; theologiser; theologist; theologizer (someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology)

Sense 2

Meaning:

German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Armin; Arminius; Hermann

Instance hypernyms:

German (a person of German nationality)

hero (a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength)

 Context examples 

The Draculas were, says Arminius, a great and noble race, though now and again were scions who were held by their coevals to have had dealings with the Evil One.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I have asked my friend Arminius, of Buda-Pesth University, to make his record; and, from all the means that are, he tell me of what he has been.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)