Paulician, n. and a. Ch. Hist.
(pɔːˈlɪʃ(ɪ)ən)
[ad. L. Pauliciānī, a. Gr. Παυλικιανοί, of obscure origin, thought by some to be from Paulus Paul.]
A. n. A member of a sect which arose in Armenia in the 7th century, holding modified Manichæan opinions. B. adj. Of or belonging to this sect.
| 1727–41 Chambers Cycl., Paulicians,..so called from their chieftain, one Paulus, an Armenian, in the seventh century. 1764 A. Maclaine tr. Mosheim's Eccl. Hist. (1844) I. 211/2. 1840 Macaulay Ranke Ess. (1887) 575 The Paulician theology..spread rapidly through Provence and Languedoc. 1883 Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 2407/1 The Bulgarians..finally united with the Eastern Church; and only a small body of Paulicians are now Catholics. |
Hence Pauˈlicianism, the doctrine of the sect.
| 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 385/1 The Manichæan doctrines..continued to have supporters, under their new name of Paulicianism, till a very late period. 1874 J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects 414/2 From the close of the eleventh century Paulicianism as such ceases to be significant. 1941 [see Bogomil, -mile]. 1967 N. G. Garsoian (title) The Paulician heresy. A study of the origin and development of Paulicianism in Armenia and the eastern provinces of the Byzantine empire. |