Cocceiann.adj.
/kɒkˈsiːɪən/ A. n.
A follower of John Cocceius, professor of divinity at Leyden (where he died 1669); he held that the whole Old Testament history was a foreshadowing of the history of Christ and his church.
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Cocceiana1699
a1699 M. Shields in J. Howie Faithful Contendings Displayed (1780) 204 Mr. Brackel was an opposer of the Cocceians.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 321 What think ye o'..Woodsetter? He's, I doubt, a Cocceian.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to the opinion of John Cocceius.
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Cocceian1860
1860 R. C. Trench Synonyms New Test. 1st Ser. (ed. 5) 137 Those who at that time opposed the Cocceian scheme.
Derivatives
Cocˈceianism n.
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Cocceianism1886
1886 F. W. Farrar Hist. Interpr. vii. 386 Cocceianism became proverbial for artificiality.
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