Montanist, n. (and a.)
(ˈmɒntənɪst)
[f. Montān-us (see prec.) + -ist.]
A believer in Montanism. Also as adj. = Montanistic.
| 1577 Hanmer Anc. Eccl. Hist. 89 margin, Apollonius against the Montanistes. 1579 Fulke Heskins' Parl. 439 Other heresies of y⊇ Montanistes. 1653 Baxter Chr. Concord 69 Some Arians, Nestorians, Monothelites, Montanists, denied the souls immortality. 1702 Echard Eccl. Hist. (1710) 546 Tertullian..began to incline towards the errors of the Montanists. 1833 Moore Trav. Irish Gentl. in Search Relig. I. 263 The Montanists..took it on the word of their founder that he was the very Paraclete promised by the Redeemer. 1859 Schaff Hist. Chr. Ch. (an. 1–311) 300 The Montanist prophets. Ibid. 301 The Montanist Proclus. |
Hence Montaˈnistic, † Montaˈnistical adjs., of or relating to Montanism.
| 1629 Bp. Hall Hon. Marr. Clergy ii. xvi, The Montanisticall vaunt of virginitie. 1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. (1647) 89 A fourth hold Antinomian, Montanisticke, and Familisticke Tenets. 1660 Stillingfl. Iren. ii. ii. (1662) 160 Setting aside the Montanistical spirit..the first-rise of this Ignis fatuus was from the bogs of Popery. 1833 J. H. Newman Arians i. i. (1876) 17 The perverse spirit..which we have been tracing in its Montanistic and Novatian varieties, still lurked in those parts. |