Dolciniteadj.n.
/ˈdɒlsᵻnʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈdɑlsəˌnaɪt/, /ˈdoʊlsəˌnaɪt/ Church History.
A. adj.
Of, belonging to, or associated with the Dolcinites (see sense B.).
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1860 H. Herbert Recoll. Druses Lebanon vi. 88 The story of Dolcino and his sister Margaret has given a terrible celebrity to an obscure sect: but the Dolcinite ‘sisters’ of the fourteenth century were exposed to at least as much scandal as the Druse women of the present day.
1987 Monthly Film Bull. 54 54/1 By blackmailing the cellarer, Remigio, and his brutish assistant Salvatore, who have Dolcinite pasts, William and Adso gain access to the scriptorium.
2012 J. B. Pierce Poverty, Heresy, & Apocalypse ix. 138 This consistent retreat, in part, is what makes the stories of Dolcinite atrocities so unbelievable.
B. n.
A member of a medieval sect which called for a return to simple ideals; = Dulcinist n.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > sect > Christianity > other sects and movements > apostolic > [noun] > member
Dulcinist1604
Dolcinite1861
1861 Pathfinder 11 May 292 The end is, that the victory, dearly bought, places such of the Dolcinites as have not been starved or killed in the power of the Church.
1896 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VII. xii. vi. 44 The Dolcinites had their strong but peculiar Ghibellinism. Their prophetic hopes rested on the Sicilian House of Arragon.
2010 A. Di Renzo in A. Hewitt Flannery O'Connor in Age of Terrorism i. 11 When the Dolcinites marauded, church and state crushed them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1860