arius

Questions about arius

What does arius mean?

arius means "a Greek who was a Christian theologian active in Alexandria and who was declared a heretic for his doctrines about God (which came to be known as Arianism) (256?-336)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in arius?

arius has 3 syllables and divides as a-ri-us under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for arius?

Close synonyms include genus Arius. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arius a common word?

arius is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.