Marcionite

or Mar·cion·ist

[ mahr-shuh-nahyt ]

/ ˈmɑr ʃəˌnaɪt /

noun

a member of a Gnostic ascetic sect that flourished from the 2nd to 7th century a.d. and that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Christ.

adjective

of or relating to the Marcionites or their doctrines.

Origin of Marcionite

From the Late Latin word Marciōnīta, dating back to 1530–40. See Marcion, -ite¹

Examples from the Web for marcionite

The Marcionite Antitheses were probably spread among other Gnostic sects.
History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)|Adolph Harnack
Metrodorus, a Marcionite priest, underwent the same punishment with him.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume II (of 16): February|Sabine Baring-Gould
Tertullian has frequently pointed to the contradictions in the Marcionite conception of the god of creation.
History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)|Adolph Harnack
Still more logical indeed was the dilemma: either Jewish, or Marcionite Christian.
History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)|Adolph Harnack

The Antitheses of Marcion had a place in the Marcionite canon (see above, p. 270).
History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)|Adolph Harnack