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pelagian

pelagian


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pelagian  \Pe*la"gi*an\,  a.  [L.  pelagius  Gr  ?,  fr  ?  the  sea: 
  cf  F.  p['e]lagien.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  sea;  marine;  pelagic;  as  pelagian 
  shells. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pelagian  \Pe*la"gi*an\,  n.  [L.  Pelagianus:  cf  F.  p['e]lagien.] 
  (Eccl.  Hist.) 
  A  follower  of  Pelagius  a  British  monk,  born  in  the  later 
  part  of  the  4th  century,  who  denied  the  doctrines  of 
  hereditary  sin,  of  the  connection  between  sin  and  death,  and 
  of  conversion  through  grace. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pelagian  \Pe*la"gi*an\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  p['e]lagien.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  Pelagius  or  to  his  doctrines.