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JAKOB HERMANDSZOON

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Overview

JAKOB HERMANDSZOON (noun)
  The noun JAKOB HERMANDSZOON has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: JAKOB HERMANDSZOON used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


JAKOB HERMANDSZOON (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)


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