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Webster 1913 Edition
Apollinarian
A-polˊli-na′ri-an
,Adj.
[L.
Apollinaris
, fr. Apollo
.] (Rom. Antiq.)
In honor of Apollo;
as, the
. Apollinarian
gamesA-polˊli-na′ri-an
,Noun.
(Eccl. Hist.)
A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.
Webster 1828 Edition
Apollinarian
APOLLINA'RIAN
,Adj.
The Apollinarian games, in Roman antiquity, were celebrated in honor of Apollo; instituted A.R. 542 after the battle of Cannae. They were merely scenical, with exhibitions of music, dances and various mountebank tricks.