epichristian, a. rare.
(ɛpɪˈkrɪstjən)
[f. epi- + Christian a.]
Pertaining to the age not long after Christ. (App. invented by De Quincey, who explains that he uses it ‘of all agencies that belonged to the primary movements of Christianity’.)
| 1840 De Quincey Essenes Wks. ix. 268 During the whole of this noviciate for Christianity, and, in fact, throughout the whole Epichristian era, etc. 1860 Guardian 20 June, The loss of the epichristian Hindu literature, no less than that of still greater antiquity, has been very considerable. |