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Pelagian

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.

Pelagian \Pe*la"gi*an\, a. [Cf. F. p['e]lagien.]
   Of or pertaining to Pelagius, or to his doctrines.
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