Het·er·o·ou·si·an (h t  -r -  s -n, -ous-n) also Het·er·ou·si·an (ht-r-, -rou-)n. A Christian who believes that the substance and nature of God the Father and God the Son are different; an Arian. [From Greek heteroousios, differing in substance : hetero-, hetero- + ousi  , substance, nature; see Homoiousian.]Het er·o·ousi·an, Heter·ousi·an adj. |
Heteroousian [ˌhɛtərəʊˈuːsɪən -ˈaʊsɪən]
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a Christian who maintains that God the Father and God the Son are different in substance
adj
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) of or relating to this belief
[from Late Greek heteroousios, from Greek hetero- + ousia nature]
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