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Webster 1913 Edition


Aquarian

{

A-qua′ri-al

,

A-qua′ri-an

, }
Adj.
Of or pertaining to an aquarium.

A-qua′ri-an

,
Noun.
[L. (assumed)
Aquarianus
, fr.
aqua
: cf. F.
Aquarien
. See
Aqua
.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of a sect of Christian in the primitive church who used water instead of wine in the Lord’s Supper.

Webster 1828 Edition


Aquarian

AQUA'RIAN

,
Noun.
One of a sect of christians, in the primitive church, who consecrated water in the eucharist instead of wine; either under a pretense of abstinence, or because it was unlawful to drink wine.