Bardesanist

English

Etymology

Bardaisan +‎ -ist

Noun

Bardesanist (plural Bardesanists)

1. A follower of the teachings of Bardaisan; Bardaisanite.
   • 1967, John Rylands Library, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library - Volume 4, page 64:

     As a matter of fact these chapters coincide pretty closely with the Book of the Laws of Countries extant in Syriac and in part in Greek, written by an early Bardesanist ; and comparison shows that the Recognitions borrowed from the Bardesanist Book , not vice versâ ”

   • 1997, G. R. Mead, Fragments Of A Faith Forgotten, page 406:

     No doubt Bardaisan, or his son Harmonius, or whatever Bardesanist wrote the poem, was familiar with the great caravan route from India to Egypt, and used this knowledge as a substructure, but the whole is allegorical.

Adjective

Bardesanist (comparative more Bardesanist, superlative most Bardesanist)

1. Pertaining to or influenced by Bardaisan; Bardaisanite.
   • 1967, John Rylands Library, Bulletin of the John Rylands Library - Volume 4, page 64:

     As a matter of fact these chapters coincide pretty closely with the Book of the Laws of Countries extant in Syriac and in part in Greek, written by an early Bardesanist ; and comparison shows that the Recognitions borrowed from the Bardesanist Book , not vice versâ ”

   • 1990, Tulio Maranhao, The Interpretation of Dialogue, page 299:

     Singing here, as if in harmonious unison, the voices of the self-discovered Cartesian cogito, the Freudian Narcissus, Lacan's mirrored ego, Satre's ego-in-the-look-of-the-other, and Piaget's egocentric child hymn and irenic other, Bardesanist bards minstreling the master narrative that governs physis, bios, and psyche, cosmos, civilization, and self in unending remugience.

Anagrams

• arse bandits