Defn: A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is but one person in the Godhead, and that the Son and Holy Spirit are only different powers, operations, or offices of the one God the Father.
SABELLIANISM
Sa*bel"li*an*ism, n. (Eccl.)
Defn: The doctrines or tenets of Sabellius. See Sabellian, n.
SABELLOID
Sa*bel"loid, a. Etym: [Sabella + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like, or related to, the genus Sabella.
— Sa*bel"loid, n.
SABER; SABRE Sa"ber, Sa"bre, n. Etym: [F. sabre, G. säbel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. száblya, Pol. szabla, Russ. sabla, and L. Gr.
Defn: A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword. Saber fish, or Sabre fish (Zoöl.), the cutlass fish.
SABER; SABRE Sa"ber, Sa"bre, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sabered or Sabred (; p. pr. & vb. n. Sabering or Sabring (.] Etym: [Cf. F. sabrer.]
Defn: To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a
saber.
You send troops to saber and bayonet us into submission. Burke.
SABERBILL; SABREBILL
Sa"ber*bill`, Sa"bre*bill`, n. (Zoöl.)