Priscillianismn.
/prᵻˈsɪlɪənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /prəˈsɪljəˌnɪz(ə)m/, /prəˈsɪliəˌnɪz(ə)m/ Christian Church.
(Adherence to) the doctrines or principles of Priscillian.
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1620 Bp. J. Hall Honor Married Clergie i. ix. 53 He beeing suspected of Priscillianisme, wrote affectly against that heresie.
1684 R. Baxter Catholick Communion Defended iv. 51 They..brought men of strict Religion under Suspicion of Priscillianism.
1754 J. Maclaurin Nature Eccl. Govt. 85 Those who did but fast and read more than ordinary..were brought under the suspicion of Priscillianism, and reproached.
1882 W. Smith & H. Wace Dict. Christian Biogr. III. 841/2 Priscillianism is usually..considered as a phase of Gnosticism.
1941 T. Jalland Life & Times St. Leo vii. 174 The Church felt that in dealing with Priscillianism she had to reckon with an enemy which was all the more dangerous because it was elusive.
2003 Times 24 Feb. (Features section) 29 Priscillianism lingered on in Spain well into the Visigothic period.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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