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Eusebian (iou)



Eusebian adjective & noun. L17.
[from Eusebius (see sense 2 below) + -AN.]
A. adjective.
Designating some kind of pear. Only in L17.
Of or pertaining to any of various early Christian saints and bishops called Eusebius; spec. designating the Arians of the 4th cent. AD, who included Eusebius of Nicodemia (d. c 342) and Eusebius of Caesarea (c 260-c 340). M19.
Eusebian canons tables compiled by Eusebius of Caesarea to illustrate the parallelism between corresponding passages in the different Gospels.
b. noun. Hist. A member of the Eusebian Arians. M18.