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Messalian, Massalian, n. and a. Eccl. Hist.|mɛˈseɪlɪən, mæˈseɪlɪən|
Also 6–9 Massilian, 8 Messallian.
[ad. late Gr. Μεσσαλιανός (Theodoret), Μασσαλιανός (Epiphanius), ad. Syr. m⊇çalyånå given to prayer; the Greek writers render it by εὐχίτης (see Euchite) and εὐχόµενος one who prays. Some of the forms of the word are due to association with the place-name Massalia, Massilia, Marseilles.]
A. n. A member of an ancient heretical sect, variously identified by early writers with the Euchites and with the Hesychasts.
a1591H. Smith Serm. (1637) 380 If your lippes be not alwayes going, which was the heresie of the Messalians. 1708–22Bingham Orig. Eccl. xx. iii. §5 The Massalians, or Euchites [kept Sunday as a fast]. 1833Moore Trav. Irish Gentl. in Search Relig. I. 262 The Messalians..imagined that the whole atmosphere was brimful of devils. 1880Encyl. Brit. XI. 782/2 Hesychasts (..sometimes referred to as Euchites, Massalians, or Palamites), a quietistic sect.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Messalians.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxxiv. §1 We..should be like those Massilian heretiques which doe nothing else but pray. 1654H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 127 He was..disrelisht by them who inclined to the Massilian and Arminian Tenets. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 2152 The Massilian Monks are described as holding, that by faith and baptism any one can be saved, if he only will. |