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Athanasian

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Ath·a·na·sian  (th-nzhn)
adj.
Of or relating to Athanasius.
n.
A follower of Athanasius, especially in opposition to Arianism.
Athanasian [ˌæθəˈneɪʃən]
adj
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) of or relating to Saint Athanasius, the patriarch of Alexandria (?296-373 ad)
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Minchin for his part liked to keep the mental windows open and objected to fixed limits; if the Unitarian brewer jested about the Athanasian Creed, Dr.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
Those green boughs, the hymn and anthem never heard but at Christmas-- even the Athanasian Creed, which was discriminated from the others only as being longer and of exceptional virtue, since it was only read on rare occasions--brought a vague exulting sense, for which the grown men could as little have found words as the children, that something great and mysterious had been done for them in heaven above and in earth below, which they were appropriating by their presence.
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