ARMINIANS
\ɑːmˈɪni͡ənz], \ɑːmˈɪniənz], \ɑː_m_ˈɪ_n_iə_n_z]\
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(Eccl. Hist.) The followers of Arminius, a Dutch divine of the sixteenth century, who opposed the doctrine of an absolute predestination of the elect. They were also called Remonstrants, from a writing which they presented in protest against this doctrine to the States of Holland in 1609.
By Henry Percy Smith
