ARMINIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Arminian mean? 

• ARMINIAN (noun)
  The noun ARMINIAN has 1 sense:

1. adherent of Arminianism

  Familiarity information: ARMINIAN used as a noun is very rare.

• ARMINIAN (adjective)
  The adjective ARMINIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to Arminianism

  Familiarity information: ARMINIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARMINIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Adherent of Arminianism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Arminian" is a kind of...):

adherent; disciple (someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)

Holonyms ("Arminian" is a member of...):

Arminian Church (the Protestant denomination adhering to the views of Jacobus Arminius)

• ARMINIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Arminianism

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Arminianism (17th century theology (named after its founder Jacobus Arminius) that opposes the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin and holds that human free will is compatible with God's sovereignty)

Derivation:

Arminianism (17th century theology (named after its founder Jacobus Arminius) that opposes the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin and holds that human free will is compatible with God's sovereignty)