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adj
Synonym of Pauline (“of or relating to Paul the Apostle or his writings”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: Pauline
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adj
Of or relating to Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958), Austrian theoretical physicist and pioneer of quantum physics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
A supporter or follower of Paul the Apostle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: Pauline
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noun
A follower of Paul of Samosata, a bishop of Antioch in the third century, who was deposed for denying the divinity of Jesus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: Paulianist
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History
Learned borrowing from Latin Pauliānus. By surface analysis, Paul + -ian.
Etymology tree German Paulibor. English Pauli Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Paulian From Pauli + -an.
From Middle English Paulian, from Latin Pauliānus. By surface analysis, Paul + -ian.
