Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
2. The language of the original Aryans. [Written also
{Arian}.]
Arian \A"ri*an\, a. [L. Arianus.]
Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria,
in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who held
Christ to be inferior to God the Father in nature and
dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings.
-- n. One who adheres to or believes the doctrines of Arius.
--Mosheim.
Arian \Ar"ian\, a. & n. (Ethnol.)
See {Aryan}.