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Webster 1913 Edition

Priscillianist

Pris-cil′lian-ist

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Noun.
(Eccl. Hist.)
A follower of
Priscillian
, bishop of Avila in Spain, in the fourth century, who mixed various elements of Gnosticism and Manicheism with Christianity.

Webster 1828 Edition

Priscillianist

PRISCIL'LIANIST

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Noun.
In church history, one of a sect so denominated from Priscillian, a Spaniard, bishop of Avila, who practiced magic, maintained the errors of the Manichees, and held it to be lawful to make false oaths in the support of one's cause and interest.

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Priscillianist

Priscillianist

English

Noun

Priscillianist ‎(plural Priscillianists)

  1. (historical) A follower of Priscillian, bishop of Avila in Spain in the fourth century, who mixed various elements of Gnosticism and Manichaeism with Christianity.

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Etymology

Priscillian +‎ -ist

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