Paulician

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Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek Παυλικιανός (Paulikianós), from Παῦλος (Paûlos) + -ικός (-ikós) + -ιανός (-ianós), originally most likely in reference to Paul the Apostle, who was held in special esteem by the group. Byzantine heresiologists conventionally traced the term to Paul of Samosata, however, and a link to a Paulician figure known as Paul the Armenian has also been proposed.[1]

Noun

Paulician (plural Paulicians)

  1. (historical) A follower of Paulicianism.

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References
  1. Carl Dixon (2022) The Paulicians: Heresy, Persecution and Warfare on the Byzantine Frontier, c.750–880, Koninklijke Brill, →ISBN, pages 3–4

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