Ophian Ch. Hist.
(ˈɒfɪən)
[ad. Gr. Ὀϕιαν-οί (Clemens Alex.).]
= Ophite n.2
| 1678 Tenison Idolatry viii. 153 The sect of the Ophians, a kind of Spawn of the Gnostics. 1882–3 Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. II. 880 This class of Gnostics, called by Hippolytus Ophites, by Clement of Alexandria Ophians. |