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Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Late Greek homoiousios of like substance, from Greek homoi- homeo- + ousia essence, substance, from ont-, ?n, present participle of einai to be — more at is Date: 1732 an adherent of an ecclesiastical party of the fourth century holding that the Son is essentially like the Father but not of the same substance

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. hist. a person who held that God the Father and God the Son are of like but not identical substance (cf. HOMOOUSIAN). Etymology: eccl.L f. Gk homoiousios f. homoios like + ousia essence

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Homoiousian Ho`moi*ou"si*an, a. Of or pertaining to Homoiousians, or their belief.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Homoiousian Ho`moi*ou"si*an, n. [Gr. ?, ?, of like substance; "o`moios + o'ysi`a the substance, being, essence.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who held that the Son was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoousian.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. Of a similar nature, of like essence or substance. II. n. Believer in tho like substance of the Father and the Son.