Abeliten.

Brit.

/ˈeɪbəlʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈeɪb(ə)lˌaɪt/

Forms: 1500s–1600s Abeloite, 1600s– Abelite.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Abeloitae.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Abeloitae, plural (5th cent. in Augustine) < Abel , the name of the brother of Cain, one of the sons of Adam and Eve (see Genesis 4:8) + -itae (see -ite suffix¹), after Abeloim (plural), in same sense (5th cent. in Augustine), form showing the Hebrew masculine plural ending -īm . Compare earlier Abelonian n. and later Abelian n.

Church History.

A member of a small religious sect in North Africa, active in the 4th cent., for whom, according to St Augustine, marriage was compulsory but its consummation forbidden, after the supposed example of Abel (no children of whom are mentioned in the Bible).

ΚΠ

1577 M. Hanmer Chronogr. 49 in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. Abelitae were heretickes aboute Hippo in Aphricke, so called of Abel the sonne of Adam.]

1587 T. Rogers Eng. Creede: 2nd Pt. 65 Theie are of opinion that neither the husband should knowe his wife, nor the wife her husbande, as man and wife are to know one th'other: A fancie of Th'abeloites.

1653 A. Ross Πανσεβεια vii. 207 These Abelites did marry Wives, but not use them as Wives for propagation.

1737 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations VI. 186 As to the Abelites, their Practice was grounded on a Jewish Fable; that after the Murder of Abel, Adam lived one Hundred and thirty Years with Eve, without cohabiting with her.

1765 A. Maclaine tr. J. L. von Mosheim Eccl. Hist. I. 117 The Abelites, who contracted the bonds of matrimony, but neglected to fulfil its principal end, even the procreation of offspring.

1853 ‘L. Mariotti’ Hist. Mem. Frà Dolcino iii. 186 The Abelites of the fourth century in Africa, who took their name from Abel, the first bachelor, as they fancied, in human records.

1968 Harvard Theol. Rev. 61 553 In North Africa,..the Montanists and Abelites practiced syneisactism and advocated it as an imitation of the paradisaic state of virginity.

1997 R. B. Elder Body of Vision 202 The Abelites, a heretical sect of African Gnostics named after Adam's son, to whom they owed allegiance, renounced intercourse, as Abel himself allegedly died a virgin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abelite
释义	Abeliten. Brit. /ˈeɪbəlʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈeɪb(ə)lˌaɪt/ Forms: 1500s–1600s Abeloite, 1600s– Abelite. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Abeloitae. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Abeloitae, plural (5th cent. in Augustine) < Abel , the name of the brother of Cain, one of the sons of Adam and Eve (see Genesis 4:8) + -itae (see -ite suffix¹), after Abeloim (plural), in same sense (5th cent. in Augustine), form showing the Hebrew masculine plural ending -īm . Compare earlier Abelonian n. and later Abelian n. Church History. A member of a small religious sect in North Africa, active in the 4th cent., for whom, according to St Augustine, marriage was compulsory but its consummation forbidden, after the supposed example of Abel (no children of whom are mentioned in the Bible). ΚΠ 1577 M. Hanmer Chronogr. 49 in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. Abelitae were heretickes aboute Hippo in Aphricke, so called of Abel the sonne of Adam.] 1587 T. Rogers Eng. Creede: 2nd Pt. 65 Theie are of opinion that neither the husband should knowe his wife, nor the wife her husbande, as man and wife are to know one th'other: A fancie of Th'abeloites. 1653 A. Ross Πανσεβεια vii. 207 These Abelites did marry Wives, but not use them as Wives for propagation. 1737 tr. Ceremonies & Relig. Customs Var. Nations VI. 186 As to the Abelites, their Practice was grounded on a Jewish Fable; that after the Murder of Abel, Adam lived one Hundred and thirty Years with Eve, without cohabiting with her. 1765 A. Maclaine tr. J. L. von Mosheim Eccl. Hist. I. 117 The Abelites, who contracted the bonds of matrimony, but neglected to fulfil its principal end, even the procreation of offspring. 1853 ‘L. Mariotti’ Hist. Mem. Frà Dolcino iii. 186 The Abelites of the fourth century in Africa, who took their name from Abel, the first bachelor, as they fancied, in human records. 1968 Harvard Theol. Rev. 61 553 In North Africa,..the Montanists and Abelites practiced syneisactism and advocated it as an imitation of the paradisaic state of virginity. 1997 R. B. Elder Body of Vision 202 The Abelites, a heretical sect of African Gnostics named after Adam's son, to whom they owed allegiance, renounced intercourse, as Abel himself allegedly died a virgin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1587
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