[f. ARIAN + -ISM. Cf. Fr. arianisme.] The Arian doctrine or heresy.
a. 1600. Hooker, Eccl. Pol., VII. 373. The church of Alexandria in Egypt, where Arrianisme begun.
1781. Gibbon, Decl. & F., III. 20. The opinions of Arianism might satisfy a cold and speculative mind.
1839. Keightley, Hist. Eng., II. 84. A Dutchman named Van Parr was burnt for Arianism.
