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Ignatian, a. and n.|ɪgˈneɪʃ(ɪ)ən|
Also 7 Ignasian, Ignation.
[f. personal name Ignati-us (see def.) + -an.]
A. adj.
1. Pertaining to Ignatius Loyola (1491–1556), or to the Order of Jesus founded by him.
1605Willet Hexapla in Gen. 184 Thus farre this Ignatian sectarie. c1610Sylvester Hen. Gt. Ded. Sonn., O! just revenge, rout out th' Ignatian Pack. 1626L. Owen Spec. Jesuit. (1629) 68 The same Ignatian societie. 1679Let. Vind. Ref. Ch. 8 These Ignatian Loyolists do very much derogate from Gods Great Attributes of Justice and Sanctity.
2. Of or belonging to St. Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, martyred at Rome early in the 2nd century; esp. in Ignatian Epistles, letters attributed to him, the authenticity of which, in the various forms in which they have been handed down, has been the subject of much controversy.
[1647Ussher (title) Appendix Ignatiana, continens genuinas ejus epistolas.] 1832Murdock tr. Mosheim's Eccl. Hist. (1841) I. 89 Indeed the whole subject of the Ignatian epistles is involved in much obscurity and perplexity. 1846W. Cureton Vindic. Ignat. Appx., Opinions of various learned men respecting the Ignatian Epistles from the year 1650 down to the discovery of the Syriac Version.
B. n. A follower of Ignatius Loyola; a Jesuit.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 393 This also was the Ignatians device. 1626L. Owen Spec. Jesuit. (1629) 15 Take notice, what foule mouth companions these Ignatians are. a1683Oldham Wks. (1685) 2 A sear'd Ignatian's Conscience, Harden'd, as his own Face, with Impudence.
Hence Igˈnatianist = Ignatian B.
1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. III. Crit. Hist. 4 Made by the said Ignatianists for the Popish Schools. |