Paternian
/pəˈtəːnɪən/Church History rare
noun
A member of a Manichaean sect (condemned as heretical by a council held at Rome in 367) which held that God made the higher parts of the body and Satan the lower ones. Usually in plural.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Reginald Pecock (c1392–?1459), bishop of Chichester and religious author. From post-classical Latin Paterniani, plural: see -ian.
- company law
- company-loving
- company man
- company officer
- company promoter
- company promoting
- company secretary
- company sergeant major
- companyship
- company time
- company town
- company union
- company-wide
- company work
- comparability
- comparable
- comparably
- comparatist
- comparative
- comparative advantage
- comparative linguistics
- comparatively
- comparator
- compare
- compare notes