heteroousian

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heteroousian - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Heteroousian \Het`er*o*ou`si*an\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. ? being,
     essence.]
     Having different essential qualities; of a different nature.
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  Heteroousian \Het`er*o*ou"si*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
     One of those Arians who held that the Son was of a different
     substance from the Father.
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