Pelagian
noun
a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
Pelagian
American
[puh-ley-jee-uhn, -juhn]
/ pəˈleɪ dʒi ən, -dʒən /
noun
adjective
Pelagian
1
British
/ pɛˈleɪdʒɪən /
adjective
noun
pelagian
2
British
/ pɛˈleɪdʒɪən /
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Pelagian
1525–35; < Late Latin Pelagiānus; see -an
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“It’s like Anthony Burgess’s idea that Pelagian liberalism alternates historically with Augustinian conservatism,” he said.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2019
Thousands of others have arrived on nearby Pelagian islands, as well as Sicily and Sardinia.
From Newsweek ● Jun. 12, 2011
The daily fly record stands at 27, first set in 2004 by Jordan and three students aboard Philipps's old boat, Pelagian, but it has been tied since.
From Time Magazine Archive
Today's "attempts at tragedy have abandoned this finite image for a new Pelagian tactic, for a new type of third act, the third act of the power and the exclamation point."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Church was in close connection with the Church on the Continent during the fourth century and in the fifth during the Pelagian controversy.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
Analogous circumstances may have caused, in the ancient catastrophes of our planet, that singular mixture of pelagian and fluviatile bones and petrifactions, which is observed in some rocks of recent formation.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von
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