Novatian

  1. Proper noun.  A Roman priest, who became an antipope against St. Cornelius in 251 AD, and schismatic heresiarch as founder of a Christian sect known as Novatianism.
  2. Adjective.  relating to the heresiarch Novatian (see above) and/or his schismatic sect, Novatianism.

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