Racovian
/rəˈkəʊvɪən/(also Rakovian) Church History
adjective
Of, belonging to, or relating to Raków, especially to the Socinians (Polish Brethren) based there in the late 16th and early 17th cent.
- Racovian Catechism noun (the English name for) an influential anti-trinitarian text first published in Polish in 1605..
noun
An adherent of the teachings of the Socinians at Raków; a heretic.
Origin
Mid 17th century. From Racoviae, name in post-classical Latin of Raków, a settlement in southern Poland + -an; compare -ian.
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