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from The Century Dictionary.
- Appellative of or pertaining to the votive games instituted at Rome in honor of Apollo, 212
b. c. , in order to conciliate his favor in the war against the Carthaginians, and to obtain from him protection for the republic. - noun One of a religious sect deriving their name from Apollinaris the Younger, bishop of Laodicea, in the fourth century.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.
- adjective (Rom. Antiq.) In honor of Apollo.
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