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Webster 1913 Edition

Antiochian

Anˊti-o′chi-an

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Adj.
1.
Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.
2.
Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria.
Antiochian epoch
(Chron.)
,
a method of computing time, from the proclamation of liberty granted to the city of Antioch, about the time of the battle of Pharsalia, B.C. 48.

Webster 1828 Edition

Antiochian

ANTIO'CHIAN

,
Adj.
Pertaining to Antiochus, the founder of a sect of philosophers, contemporary with Cicero. This sect was a branch of the academics, though Antiochus was a stoic. He attempted to reconcile the doctrines of the different schools, and was the last preceptor of the Platonic school.
The Antiochian epoch was a method of computing time, from the proclamation of liberty granted to the city of Antioch, about the time of the battle of Pharsalia.

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