Arminius Synonyms

är-mĭnē-əs
Dutch Protestant theologian who founded Arminianism which opposed the absolute predestinarianism of John Calvin (1559-1609)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. jacobus arminius
  2. Jacob Harmensen
  3. Jakob Hermandszoon
German hero; leader at the battle of Teutoburger Wald in AD 9 (circa 18 BC - AD 19)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. armin
  2. hermann

Arminius Sentence Examples

  • His plans were foiled by the courage of Arminius and the inability of the Roman exchequer to pay a larger army.

  • This periodical, issued by the academy, has during the last decade (1870-1880) contained also comparative studies, by Arminius Vambery and Gabriel Balint, of the Magyar, TurkishTatar and Mongolian dialects.

  • Arminius is a Latinized form of his patronymic Hermanns or Hermansen.

  • Arminius hurried home, but only to find all his relatives slain.

  • In February the same year (1575), the university of Leiden had been founded, and thither, by the kindness of friends, Arminius was sent to study theology.

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