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sabellian

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Sa⋅bel⋅li⋅an

  [suh-bel-ee-uhn]
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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   (sə-běl'ē-ən)   
n.  

  1. Christianity An adherent of Sabellianism.

  2. See Sabellic.

  3. A speaker of a Sabellic language.

Sa·bel'li·an adj.
Sa·bel·lic   (sə-běl'ĭk)   
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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