Semi-
Webster's Dictionary 1913
A prefix
signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly;
semitransparent, imperfectly transparent.
In botang , embracing the stem half way, as a stem.
Having the figure of a half circle; that is, half round.
In ecclesiastical history , the Semi-
arians were a branch of the
Arians, who in appearance condemned the errors of
Arius, but
acquiesced in some of his principles,
disguising them under more moderate terms. they did not acknowledge the Son to be
consubstantial with the Father, that is, of the same substance, but admitted him to be of a like substance with the Father, not by nature, but by a peculiar priviledge.
A member of a branch of the
Arians which did not acknowledge the Son to be
consubstantial with the Father, that is, of the same substance, but admitted him to be of a like substance with the Father, not by nature, but by a peculiar privilege.
The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-
arians. The semi-
arianism of modern times consists in maintaining the Son to have been from all
eternity begotten by the will of the father.
The doctrines or tenets of the Semi-
Arians.
Half savage; partially civilized.
Like a half column; flat on one side and round on the other; a term of botany, applied to a stem, leaf or
petiole.
Half the diameter; a right line or the length of a right line drawn from the center or sphere to its circumference or
periphery; a radius.
