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Novatianism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /nəʊˈveɪʃəˌnɪzəm/
  • General-American: /noʊˈveɪʃəˌnɪzəm/

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noun

Meaning 1

A rigorist Christian sect that opposed re-admitting baptised Christians who had previously renounced their faith under persecution and by extension all those who had committed a mortal sin, founded by the priest and antipope Novatian in the third century.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical, uncountable

Topics: Christianity

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History

Etymology

From Novatian + -ism.