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Mariavite|ˈmɛərɪəvaɪt|
[Pol. Mariawita, f. L. phr. qui Mariæ vitam imitantur.]
A member of a Polish Christian sect which flourished in the early 20th century; also attrib.
[1906Daily Chron. 23 Apr. 5/5 The church at Leschno..had been occupied by the sect of Marianites. 1906Times 28 May 5/3 The Osservatore Romano publishes to-day an Encyclical..condemning the doctrine of the so-called Marianisti, and definitely suppresses the Marianisti congregation.] 1906Tablet 9 June 897/2 Some priests..had founded, without permission from their lawful superiors, a kind of pseudo-monastic society, known as the Mariavites or Mystic Priests. Ibid. 898/2 The so-called Mariavite priests who are in good faith may no longer be led astray. 1949D. Attwater Catholic Encycl. Dict. 306 Mariavites, a sect in Poland originating in 1906 with a number of apostate clergy. 1957Oxf. Dict. Chr. Ch. 857/2 Mariavites, a Polish sect, founded in 1906 by J. Kowalski, a priest of Warsaw, and Felicia Kozlowska, a Tertiary sister,..on their excommunication from the RC Church. |