Sabellian

[ suh-bel-ee-uh n ]

/ səˈbɛl i ən /

a member of a group of early Italian peoples including the Samnites and Sabines.

Origin of Sabellian

1595–1605; < Latin Sabell(us) a member of any of the Oscan-speaking Italic ethnic groups + -ian

These carry for war javelins and grim stabbing weapons, and fight with the round shaft and sharp point of the Sabellian pike.

The Aeneid of Virgil |Virgil
Had it stood alone, the creed would have been Sabellian; but at Nicæa it was checked by from the essence.

The Arian Controversy |H. M. Gwatkin
For this opinion the two popes are angrily dealt with by our author, and charged with being half Sabellian, half humanitarian.

Studies of Christianity |James Martineau
Indeed, we are not really sure the researches were Sabellian.

Somehow Good |William de Morgan

I would urge it on my son, did not the mixture of blood by his Sabellian mother make this half his native land.

The Aeneid of Virgil |Virgil

Sabellian

/ (səˈbɛlɪən) /

an extinct language or group of languages of ancient Italy, surviving only in a few inscriptions belonging to the Osco-Umbrian group

a member of any of the ancient peoples speaking this language, including the Sabines

of or relating to this language or its speakers

C17: from Latin Sabellī group of Italian tribes