Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

Arminian

Syllabification: (Ar·min·i·an)
Pronunciation: /ärˈminēən/

Definition of Arminian

adjective

  • relating to the doctrines of Jacobus Arminius (Latinized name of Jakob Hermandszoon, 1560–1609), a Dutch Protestant theologian, who rejected the Calvinist doctrine of predestination. His teachings had a considerable influence on Methodism.

noun

  • an adherent of Arminian doctrines.

Derivatives

Arminianism

Pronunciation: /-ˌnizəm/

noun

Arminian in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Arminian in the British & World English dictionary
  |  Cite

Word of the day

leporine

/ ˈlɛpərʌɪn /
adjective
of or resembling a hare or hares …