Monarchian

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noun (1)

Mo·​nar·​chi·​an mə-ˈnär-kē-ən 

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: 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

Monarchianism

mə-ˈnär-kē-ə-ˌni-zəm 

mä-

noun

Monarchianism

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noun (2)

Mo·​nar·​chi·​an·​ism -ēəˌnizəm 

plural -s

: an anti-Trinitarian doctrine or theory current in the Christian church of the 2d and 3d centuries a.d. in several forms and having as a common principle a belief that God is a single person as well as a single being see dynamic monarchianism , modalistic monarchianism compare patripassianism

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1765, in the meaning defined above