"Abelian" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Abel + -ian Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Abel|ian}} Abel + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Abelian (not comparable)
  1. (mathematics, group theory, dated) Alternative letter-case form of abelian Tags: alt-of, dated, not-comparable Alternative form of: abelian Categories (topical): Group theory, Mathematics
    Sense id: en-Abelian-en-adj-iO8wVacz Topics: group-theory, mathematics, sciences

Noun

Forms: Abelians [plural]
Etymology: Abel + -ian Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Abel|ian}} Abel + -ian Head templates: {{en-noun}} Abelian (plural Abelians)
  1. (Christianity, historical) A member of a sect in fourth-century Africa mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married but lived in continence after the manner, as they claimed, of Abel. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Christianity Synonyms (member of a sect): Abelite, Abelonian Translations (member of a sect living like Abel): abélien [masculine] (French), abélienne [feminine] (French), abélite [feminine, masculine] (French), abélonien [masculine] (French), abélonienne [feminine] (French), Abelianer [masculine] (German), Abelianerin [feminine] (German), Abelit [masculine] (German), Abelitin [feminine] (German), abeliano [masculine] (Portuguese), abelonita [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Abelian-en-noun-EHAcghh9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ian Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 11 89 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 9 91 Topics: Christianity

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