Pseudo-Dionysius

[ soo-doh-dahy-uh-nish-ee-uhs, -nis- ]

noun

flourished c4th or 5th century a.d., author of a number of mystical works: identified, during the Middle Ages, with Dionysius the Areopagite.

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In addition to this, literary and theological studies were pursued, and the mysticism of Pseudo-Dionysius was cultivated.
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He was a translator of the works of Pseudo-Dionysius, for he knew Greek.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) | Henry Osborn Taylor
Out of this vast spiritual conglomerate, Pseudo-Dionysius formed his system.
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Pseudo-Dionysius had lofty thoughts of the sublime transcendence of the ultimate divine Source.
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British Dictionary definitions for Pseudo-Dionysius

Pseudo-Dionysius

/ (ˌsjuːdəʊˌdaɪəˈnɪsɪəs) /

noun

the name given to the unidentified author (c. 500 ad) of important theological works formerly attributed to Dionysius the Areopagite

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