Priscillianist

English

Etymology

Priscillian +‎ -ist

Adjective

Priscillianist (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Priscillianism.

Noun

Priscillianist (plural Priscillianists)

1. (historical) A follower of Priscillian, bishop of Ávila in Spain in the fourth century AD, 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)