Sabellian

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proper noun

A certain language once spoken in Umbria, Italy.

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SabellicSabellian languageOsco-Umbrian
OriginLatin Sabellus ← Proto-Italic *saβn- →
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Meanings

Sabellian1

proper noun
  1. A certain language once spoken in Umbria, Italy.
adjectiveSabellian (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to the Sabellian language.

    Synonyms: Sabellic

nounSabellian (plural Sabellians)

plural Sabellians

  1. A member of a group of early Italian peoples comprising the Sabines, Samnites, and others.

Sabellian2

nounSabellian (plural Sabellians)

plural Sabellians

  1. ChristianityA follower of the Roman Christian prelate and theologian Sabellius.
  2. ChristianityA Modalistic Monarchian; someone who believes that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are the same person.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf or pertaining to the Sabellian language.

Similar
Sabellic

More synonyms by meaning

nounan extinct Osco-Umbrian language of ancient Italy that survives only in a few inscriptions

Similar
Sabellian languageOsco-Umbrian
Broader
ItalicItalic language
Also see
italicosco-umbrianpatripassiansabellic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Sabellian · proper noun, adjective, noun

  1. Proto-Italic*saβn-
  2. LatinSabellus
  3. EnglishSabellian

From Latin Sabellus + -ian, pertaining to the Sabellī, an Italic tribe, from Proto-Italic *saβn- (whence also Samnium, Samnones, Sabus, Sabīnus), perhaps from an uncertain Proto-Indo-European root, sometimes identified with the reflexive pronoun *swé (“self”) for the assumed meaning “one's own” (compare Proto-Germanic *swēbaz for a similar etymology), but this is highly suspect on phonetic grounds.

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Sabellian · noun

From Sabellius + -an.

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Translations

German Sabellisch
  • Sabellischlanguage
Italian sabello, sabellico
  • sabellolanguage
  • sabellicoof or pertaining to the Sabellian language
Portuguese sabélio, sabélico
  • sabéliolanguage
  • sabélicoof or pertaining to the Sabellian language
Cite this entry
APA

Sabellian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sabellian

MLA

“Sabellian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sabellian. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sabellian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sabellian.

Source: Sabellian on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.