Areopagite

American  

[ar-ee-op-uh-jahyt, -gahyt] / ˌær iˈɒp əˌdʒaɪt, -ˌgaɪt /

noun

Greek History.

1. a member of the council of the Areopagus.

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Areopagite British  

/ ˌærɪˈɒpədʒaɪt /

noun

1. a member of the Areopagus, a judicial council of ancient Athens that met on the hill of that name

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Other Word Forms

• Areopagitic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of Areopagite

< Latin Arēopagītēs < Greek Areiopagī́tēs a member of the Areopagus; see -ite ¹

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Example Sentences

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Areopagite

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, a medieval monk, describes mystical knowledge as being “at one with Him Who is indescribable.”

From Scientific American ● Dec. 15, 2020

Wright paraphrases the hilariously named philosopher Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, writing that “the definer of all things” is “beyond wisdom, beyond denial.”

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2019

The second chapter covers the rise of monasticism, making a bold claim for the continuing influence of the mystical writings once attributed to Dionysius the Areopagite.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 29, 2013

He was deeply versed in the great mystics, and always reveals in his sermons the influence of Plotinus and Dionysius the Areopagite, and no less the influence of Eckhart, Tauler, and the Theologia Germanica.

From Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries by Rufus Matthew Jones

There are citations from the works of the Areopagite fifteen or twenty years earlier in the works of Severus, the Monophysite patriarch of Antioch.

From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Joseph Cullen Ayer

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