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Johannite1|dʒəʊˈhænaɪt| Also 6 Iohannit, 7–8 Joannite. [a. med.L. Jo(h)annītæ (plural), a. Gr. Ἰωαννῖται, f. Jo(h)annes, Ἰωάννης, John: see -ite.] †1. A member of the order called the Knights of St. John. Obs.
1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 181/2 About the yeare of our Lord 1128, the order of the Knights of the Rhodes called Iohannits..rose up. 1708Termes de la Ley 387 b, Hospitallers..an Order of Knights..called the Joannites or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem. †2. A disciple of John the Baptist. Obs.
1659Gell Ess. Amendm. Transl. Bible 165 Most men leap over John Baptist's head, commence Christians, per saltum, before they have been Johannites. 3. A follower or adherent of John Chrysostom after his deposition from the patriarchate in 404.
1680Baxter Answ. Stillingfl. xlix. 70 You confess the Joannites separation. 1681― Answ. Dodwell 107 Did Cyril's Counsel against the Joannites win them, or harden them? |