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Sa·bel·li·an

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–noun

a member of a group of early Italian peoples including the Samnites and Sabines.

[Origin: 1595–1605; < L Sabell(us) a member of any of the Oscan-speaking Italic ethnic groups + -ian

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Sa·bel·li·an Audio Help (sə-běl'ē-ən) Pronunciation Key
n.

Christianity An adherent of Sabellianism.
See Sabellic.
A speaker of a Sabellic language.

Sa·bel'li·an adj.

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Sa·bel·lic Audio Help (sə-běl'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
n. A group of extinct Italic languages that includes Oscan, Umbrian, and South Picene, known primarily from inscriptional remains. Also called Osco-Umbrian, Sabellian.

[From Latin Sabellus, Sabine.]

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