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Webster 1913 Edition

Montanist

Mon′ta-nist

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Noun.
(Eccl. Hist.)
A follower of
Mintanus
, a Phrygian enthusiast of the second century, who claimed that the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, dwelt in him, and employed him as an instrument for purifying and guiding men in the Christian life.
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Monˊta-nis′tic
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Monˊta-nis′tic-al
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Adj.

Webster 1828 Edition

Montanist

MON'TANIST

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Noun.
A follower of the heresiarch Montanus, a Phrygian by birth, who pretended he was inspired by the Holy Spirit and instructed in several points not revealed to the apostles. His sect sprung up in the second century.

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