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Tertullianist

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

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noun

Meaning 1

An adherent of the teachings of early Christian theologian Tertullian (Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus; c.155-c.240 CE).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

Topics: Christianity, lifestyle, religion

Examples

  • 2007, William Tabbernee, Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism, Koninklijke Brill (Brill), page 268, Even Augustine's contact with the Tertullianists appears to have been slight. Could Augustine's assessment of the Tertullianists, therefore, have been inaccurate?

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History

Etymology

From Tertullian + -ist.