different between arian vs catholic

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiz?n? (“to spare; protect; honour”), related to Old English ?r.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.ri.?n/

Verb

?rian

1. to show mercy to, spare

Conjugation

Descendants

• Middle English: aren, oren

Romanian

Etymology

From French aryen

Adjective

arian m or n (feminine singular arian?, masculine plural arieni, feminine and neuter plural ariene)

1. Aryan

Declension

Swedish

Noun

arian

1. definite singular of aria

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh ariant, from Old Welsh argant, from Proto-Brythonic *ar?ant, from Proto-Celtic *argantom (“silver”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?er?- (“white; shine”). Compare Breton arc'hant, Irish airgead and Latin argentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?arjan/

Noun

arian m (usually uncountable, plural ariannau or ariannoedd)

1. silver, argent
2. money

   Synonym: pres

Derived terms

• ariangar (“money-loving, avaricious”)
• arian bath (“coinage”)
• arian breiniol (“currency”)
• arian byw (“quicksilver, mercury”)
• arian cochion (“copper (money)”)
• arian degol (“decimal money”)
• arian gwynion (“silver (money)”)
• arian mân (“petty cash, small change”)
• arian nitrad (“silver nitrate”)
• arian papur (“paper money, banknotes”)
• arian parod (“cash”)
• arian poced (“pocket money”)
• arian treigl (“currency”)
• arian wrth gefn (“nest-egg”)
• ariannu (“to fund, to finance”)
• dail arian (“silverweed, Potentilla anserina”)
• darn arian (“coin”)
• gof arian (“silversmith”)
• medal arian (“silver medal”)
• peiriant arian (“cash dispenser, ATM”)

Adjective

arian (feminine singular arian, plural arian, not comparable)

1. silver, silvern (made of silver)
2. silver, silvery (in colour)
3. (figuratively) silvery

Mutation

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “arian”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Etymology

From Old French catholique, from Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (katholikós), from ???? (katá, “according to”) + ???? (hólos, “whole”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ka?(?)l?k/, /?k???(?)l?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?kæ?(?)l?k/
• Rhymes: -æ??l?k, -æ?l?k
• Hyphenation: cath?o?lic

Adjective

catholic (comparative more catholic, superlative most catholic)

1. Universal; all-encompassing.

   Synonyms: universal; see also Thesaurus:generic, Thesaurus:comprehensive

   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.29:

     Essentially, and in idea, the empire, in the minds of the Romans, was world-wide. This conception descended to the Church, which was ‘Catholic’ in spite of Buddhists, Confucians, and (later) Muhammadans.

   • 1995, Brian D. Crandall & Peter W. Stahl, Human Digestive Effects on a Micromammalian Skeleton, Journal of Archaeological Science (1995) 22, 789-797:

     This semifossorial mammal tends to reside in areas with herbaceous cover, frequenting runways in the upper soil horizons where it feeds on a highly catholic diet of animal and plant materials […]

2. Pertaining to all kinds of people and their range of tastes, proclivities etc.; liberal.

   Synonyms: eclectic; see also Thesaurus:heterogeneous

   • 2003, Simon Winchester, The Meaning of Everything; The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary, New York: Oxford University Press. p.72:

     He was omnivorous in his appetite for knowledge, quite catholic in his range of interests […]

3. Alternative letter-case form of Catholic

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