adv. [ Pref. a- + trip. ] (Naut.)
n. a genus of plants of the goosefoot family (
n. [ LL. Patripassiani, pl.; L. pater father + pati, passus, to suffer: cf. F. patripassiens. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a body of believers in the early church who denied the independent preëxistent personality of Christ, and who, accordingly, held that the Father suffered in the Son; a monarchian. --