Pelagian

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pelagian \Pe*la"gi*an\, a. [L. pelagius, Gr. pela`gios, fr.
     pe`lagos the sea: cf. F. p['e]lagien.]
     Of or pertaining to the sea; marine; pelagic; as, pelagian
     shells.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pelagian \Pe*la"gi*an\, n. [L. Pelagianus: cf. F. p['e]lagien.]
     (Eccl. Hist.)
     A follower of Pelagius, a British monk, born in the later
     part of the 4th century, who denied the doctrines of
     hereditary sin, of the connection between sin and death, and
     of conversion through grace.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pelagian \Pe*la"gi*an\, a. [Cf. F. p['e]lagien.]
     Of or pertaining to Pelagius, or to his doctrines.
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