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Webster 1913 Edition

Novatian

No-va′tian

,
Noun.
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of the sect of
Novatius
, or
Novatianus
, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.

Webster 1828 Edition

Novatian

NOVA'TIAN

,
Noun.
In church history, one of the sect of Novatus or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.

Definition 2024

Novatian

Novatian

English

Proper noun

Novatian

  1. A Roman priest, who became an antipope against St. Cornelius in 251 AD, and schismatic heresiarch as founder of a Christian sect known as Novatianism

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Noun

Novatian ‎(plural Novatians)

  1. A follower of Novatianism.

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Adjective

Novatian ‎(comparative more Novatian, superlative most Novatian)

  1. relating to the heresiarch Novatian (see above) and/or his schismatic sect, Novatianism

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Etymology

From Latin Novatius (plausibly via French Novatien).

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