Priscillianist
English
Etymology
Priscillian + -ist
Noun
Priscillianist (plural Priscillianists)
- (historical) A follower of Priscillian, bishop of Avila in Spain in the fourth century, who mixed various elements of Gnosticism and Manichaeism with Christianity.
Related terms
- Priscillianism
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Priscillianist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)