Theodosian
Americanadjective
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of or relating to Theodosius I, who made Christianity the official state religion of the Roman Empire.
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of or relating to Theodosius II, who issued the earliest collection of the imperial laws Theodosian Code.
Etymology
Origin of Theodosian
1755–65; Theodosius ( def. ) + -an
Example Sentences
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For example, in 429, the emperor Theodosius II established a commission to compile what became known as the Theodosian Code, a single publication containing all laws issued after 312 CE from across the empire.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Unlike the Theodosian Code, however, the Code of Justinian regulated imperial edicts by addressing any inconsistencies among them.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The Theodosian Code represented a trend of emperors attempting to address religious issues through laws and edicts.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The Theodosian Code, of 438 A.D., and the Justinian Code, of 528 and 534 A.D., were the final results.
From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley
Manuscripts containing the Theodosian Code can not be earlier than A.D.
From A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York by E. A. (Elias Avery) Lowe
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