Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. See note under Arminian, n.

One who holds the tenets of Arminius, a Dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609).

Generally used as a reference to subscribers of a theological view held by Arminius, A Dutch Protestant theologian (1560 - 1609). Arminius refuted Calvin's doctrine of unconditional predestination, limited atonement and unresistable grace, and stood for universal salvation for all.

a system of belief, named after the Dutch theologian Arminius (1560-1609), whose chief tenets were (in opposition to Calvinist beliefs) that God's sovereignty is not incom­patible with man's free will, and that Jesus Christ died for all, not for an elect few.

a follower of Jacobus Arminius, who preached the doctrine of free will, opposed to absolute predestination

a heretic, and Calvinists are not to associate with them ecclesiastically