Definition of Paulician in English:
Paulician
noun pɔːˈlɪʃ(ə)nˌpôˈliSHən
A member of a religious sect which arose in Armenia in the 7th century AD, professing a modified form of Manichaeism.
Example sentencesExamples
- The proclamational approach of the book of Acts had gradually transferred from Rome to the sectarian movements of the early and mid-Middle Ages: e.g., Paulicians, Albigenses, and Waldenses.
- In his teaching, Bogomil used some of the ideas of two earlier heretic philosophies which had penetrated Bulgaria via Byzantium - those of the Paulicians and the Manichaeans.
- Montanists, Paulicians, Albigenses, Waldensians, and even St. Patrick of Ireland were some of the forerunners to the German Anabaptists, who in turn gave rise to the modern Baptist churches.
Origin
From medieval Latin Pauliciani, Greek Paulikianoi, of unknown origin.