Homoiousian

hō-moi-ōō′si-an, adj. similar in e ence (as distinct from the Nicene homo-ousion and the strictly Arian hetero-ousion ), the semi-Arian position in the great Chris to logical controversy of the 4th century (see Arian ). [Gr. homoios , like, ousia , being— eina i , to be.]