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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Eccles., a follower of Heracleon, a Valentinian Gnostic of the second century, noted as a commentator on the Gospel of John.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, a Judaizing Gnostic, in the early history of the Christian church.

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