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Arminius

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Ar·min·i·us  (är-mn-s) also Ar·min (-mn) 17? b.c.-a.d. 21.
German hero who led the defeat of three legions of Romans in the Teutoburger Wald (a.d. 9), thereby liberating the Germans from Roman rule.
Arminius, Jacobus 1560-1609.
Dutch theologian and founder of Arminianism, which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin and was influential throughout Europe.
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Noun1.ArminiusArminius - Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609)
Jacob Harmensen, Jacobus Arminius, Jakob Hermandszoon
2.ArminiusArminius - German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19)
Armin, Hermann


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