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Sem·i-Ar·i·an (sĕm'ē-ărʹē-ən, -ârʹ-, sĕm'ī-)
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A member of the Homoiousian party led by the fourth-century A.D. Arian bishop Basil of Ancyra.Sem'i-Arʹi·an adj. Sem'i-Arʹi·an·ism n.
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