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Marcosian, n. and a. Hist.|mɑːˈkəʊzɪən|
[f. Eccl. Gr. Μαρκώσι-ος (Epiphanius; app. f. Syriac Marqūs Marcus) + -an.]
a. n. An adherent of a Gnostic religious system founded by a certain Marcus in the 2nd century; known mainly from the account by Irenæus.
b. adj. Belonging to this sect.
1587T. Rogers 39 Art. ii. 29 Some, as the Marcosians, at the ministration of Baptisme haue vsed certaine Hebrue wordes. 1708Bingham Orig. Eccl. xi. ii. §1 Those who were called Marcosian heretics. 1875Lightfoot Comm. Col. 209/1 The baptismal formula of the Marcosians. |