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  • proper noun A Roman priest, who became an antipope against St. Cornelius in 251 AD, and schismatic heresiarch as founder of a Christian sect known as Novatianism
  • noun A follower of Novatianism.
  • adjective relating to the heresiarch Novatian (see above) and/or his schismatic sect, Novatianism

Etymologies

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From Latin Novatius (plausibly via French Novatien).

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