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novatian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
no-va-tian
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Roman priest, who became an antipope against St. Cornelius in 251 AD, considered by the Catholic Church to be a schismatic heresiarch as founder of a Christian sect known as Novatianism.

noun

A follower of Novatianism.

adj

Relating to the heresiarch Novatian or his schismatic sect, Novatianism.

Etymology

From Latin Novatius (plausibly via French Novatien).

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Novatians (plural) more Novatian (comparative) most Novatian (superlative)

Derived Forms

Novatianist

Questions

What does novatian mean?
A Roman priest, who became an antipope against St. Cornelius in 251 AD, considered by the Catholic Church to be a schismatic heresiarch as founder of a Christian sect known as Novatianism.
Where does novatian come from?
From Latin Novatius (plausibly via French Novatien).

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