I. ə|pälə|na(a)rēən adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Latin Apollinaris (from Apollin-, Apollo + Latin -aris -ary) + English -an
: relating to or in honor of Apollo
II. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Late Latin Apollinarianus, from Late Greek Apollinarianos, from Apollinaris of Laodicea died ab A.D. 390 Syrian teacher & theologian + Greek -anos -an
: relating to Apollinaris of Laodicea or to the doctrine held by Apollinarians
III. noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
: an adherent of the Christological doctrine that asserted that in Jesus Christ a perfect divine nature in the form of the divine Logos assumed an imperfect human body with the Logos taking the controlling place ordinarily held by the mind