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VALENTINIAN

\vˌaləntˈɪni͡ən], \vˌaləntˈɪni‍ən], \v_ˌa_l_ə_n_t_ˈɪ_n_iə_n]\

Definitions of VALENTINIAN

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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One of a school of Judaizing Gnostics in the second century; - so called from Valentinus, the founder.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

One of a school of Judaizing Gnostics in the second century; - so called from Valentinus, the founder.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

val-en-tin'i-an, n. one of a Gnostic sect founded by Valentinus (died c. 160 A.D.).--adj. belonging to the foregoing.--n. VALENTIN'IANISM.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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