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Definition of Areopagite
1. Noun. A member of the council of the Areopagus.
Definition of Areopagite
1. n. A member of the Areopagus.
Definition of Areopagite
1. Noun. (context Ancient Greek _ history) A member of the ancient-Athenian conciliary court of the Areopagus. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Areopagite
Literary usage of Areopagite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Classical Heritage of the Middle Ages by Henry Osborn Taylor (1901)
"Dionysius the areopagite The thought and opinions, even the moods of Syne- sius
show a crude mixture of Christianity and the higher paganism. ..."
2. The Classical Heritage of the Middle Ages by Henry Osborn Taylor (1911)
"Dionysius the areopagite The thought and opinions, even the moods of Syne- sius
show a crude mixture of Christianity and the higher paganism. ..."
3. A Source Book for Ancient Church History: From the Apostolic Age to the by Joseph Cullen Ayer (1913)
"There are citations from the works of the areopagite fifteen or twenty years
earlier in the works of Severus, the Monophysite patriarch of Antioch. ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"For the same purpose, ie to create the impression that the author belonged to
the times of the Apostles and that he was identical with the areopagite ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"... and formed a decided preference for Dionysius, the so-called areopagite,
Origen, Ambrose, Cyprian, and Jerome, over St. Augustine, Duns Scotus, Aquinas, ..."
6. The Church of the Early Fathers: External History by Alfred Plummer (1887)
"The long believed and still defended theory, that the areopagite was also the
first Apostle of Gaul and the author of writings which since the sixth century ..."
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