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Monarchian

noun Mo·nar·chi·an \ mə-ˈnär-kē-ən , mä- \

Definition of Monarchian

: an adherent of one of two anti-Trinitarian groups of the second and third centuries a.d. teaching that God is one person as well as one being
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Monarchianism

play \-kē-ə-ˌni-zəm\ noun

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1765

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