Meletiann.¹adj.¹

Brit.

/məˈliːʃn/, U.S.

/məˈliʃ(ə)n/

Forms: 1500s– Meletian, 1700s– Melitian.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek Μελητιανός.

Etymology: < Byzantine Greek Μελητιανός, Μελιτιανός (4th cent.) < Μελήτιος , the name of Melitius , bishop of Lycopolis in the Thebaid (d. ?326) + -ανος -an suffix. Compare post-classical Latin Melitianus (4th cent.).

Church History.

A. n.¹

A member of a schismatic Church founded in Egypt in the early 4th cent. by Melitius, bishop of Lycopolis, who objected to the return to the church of Christians who had temporarily renounced their faith under persecution.The Meletians were active as a minor sect until the 8th cent.

ΚΠ

1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 219 Meletius byshop of a certaine citie in Ægypte..was depriued of his bysho[p]ricke by Peter byshop of Alexandria... Who beinge depriued and fauored of many for all his fonde doinges, became the ringeleader of the heresie, amonge them, who in Ægypt, of him vnto this present daye are called Meletians.

1612 R. Cadwallader tr. Theodoret Eccl. Hist. i. ix. 44 (heading) The epistle of the Nycene Councell, to the Church of Alexandria, concerning Meletius of Egypt, of whom descended the Schismatikes called Meletians.

1756 A. Butler Lives Saints II. 243 The Meletians continued..to hold private assemblies, ordain new bishops.., and to fill Egypt with factions and schisms.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxi. 272/1 The Meletians in Egypt, like the Donatists in Africa, were produced by an episcopal quarrel which arose from the persecution.

1886 J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects (new ed.) 305/1 No heresy is charged to the sect until after the Council of Nicaea, when the Meletians embraced Arianism, influenced by a common hostility against Athanasius.

1957 F. L. Cross Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 884/1 The Melitians, encouraged by Eusebius of Nicomedia, again went into schism.

1991 Oxf. Dict. Byzantium 1333/1 The struggle against Arianism prompted Alexander of Alexandria to a policy of reconciliation with the Meletians.

B. adj.¹

Of or relating to this sect.

ΚΠ

1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 81 The Tragy-Comick Scene of Arsenius the Meletian Bishop.

1710 J. Bingham Origines Ecclesiasticæ II. 186 Theodore Bishop of Oxyrinchus re-ordained the Meletian Presbyters, upon their Return to the Church.

1886 J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects at Meletians Epiphanius gives an account of the origin of the Meletian schism.

1957 F. L. Cross Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 884/1 Evidence for the life of Melitian monastic communities has recently come to light in a number of British Museum papyri.

1962 W. Telfer Office of Bishop vii. 140 A like explanation may serve when persons unspecified shut up Meletian bishops in the meat-market at Alexandria. But the Meletians put it down to an express order of Athanasius.

1991 Oxf. Dict. Byzantium 1333/1 The new allies accused Athanasios of beating Meletian bishops, murdering one of them, and using a Meletian liturgical vessel for secular purposes.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Meletiann.²adj.²

Brit.

/məˈliːʃn/, U.S.

/məˈliʃ(ə)n/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a Greek lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: proper name Meletius , -an suffix.

Etymology: < the name of St Meletius (Greek Μελήτιος ), Bishop of Antioch (d. 381) + -an suffix, perhaps after a formation in Byzantine Greek or post-classical Latin. Compare Meletian n.¹ and adj.¹The historian Socrates does not use Byzantine Greek Μελητιανός , Μελιτιανός in the passage corresponding to quot. 1712 at sense A.

Church History.

A. n.²

A member of a party in the Church of Antioch comprising those Orthodox Christians who continued to accept the authority of St Meletius (consecrated bishop in a.d. 360), despite the deposition and exile which he suffered early in his episcopate.The election of a rival created a schism which persisted for over fifty years.

ΚΠ

1625 M. Broniovius in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. xxi. 633 Olbiopolis,..sometime builded by the Meletians.

1712 S. Parker tr. Eccl. Hist. Socrates II. v. 125 Mean time the Meletians at Antioch, upon the return of their bishop, were advancing and pressing a project to reconcile the two orthodox communions.

1886 J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects (new ed.) 308/1 There is no doubt that both Eustathians and Meletians held substantially the Catholic faith regarding the Holy Trinity.

1911 Catholic Encycl. X. 162/1 The emperor banished Meletius to his native Armenia... This exile was the immediate cause of a long and deplorable schism between the Catholics of Antioch, henceforth divided into Meletians and Eustathians.

1991 Oxf. Dict. Byzantium II. 1333/1 A theological difference emerged between the Meletians and Eustathians.

B. adj.²

Of or relating to this party.

ΚΠ

1840 E. Cox tr. J. J. I. Döllinger Hist. Church II. iii. 117 Another schism, the Meletian, which sprung from Arianism, agitated and troubled the Church of Antioch.

1886 J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects (new ed.) 307/2 The Meletian party was put in the position of the established Church.

1907 Catholic Encycl. I. 285/1 He [sc. Alexander of Antioch] healed the last remnants of the Meletian schism at Antioch.

1991 Oxf. Dict. Byzantium II. 1333/1 The second Meletian Schism originated in Antioch.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meletian
释义	Meletiann.¹adj.¹ Brit. /məˈliːʃn/, U.S. /məˈliʃ(ə)n/ Forms: 1500s– Meletian, 1700s– Melitian. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek Μελητιανός. Etymology: < Byzantine Greek Μελητιανός, Μελιτιανός (4th cent.) < Μελήτιος , the name of Melitius , bishop of Lycopolis in the Thebaid (d. ?326) + -ανος -an suffix. Compare post-classical Latin Melitianus (4th cent.). Church History. A. n.¹ A member of a schismatic Church founded in Egypt in the early 4th cent. by Melitius, bishop of Lycopolis, who objected to the return to the church of Christians who had temporarily renounced their faith under persecution.The Meletians were active as a minor sect until the 8th cent. ΚΠ 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 219 Meletius byshop of a certaine citie in Ægypte..was depriued of his bysho[p]ricke by Peter byshop of Alexandria... Who beinge depriued and fauored of many for all his fonde doinges, became the ringeleader of the heresie, amonge them, who in Ægypt, of him vnto this present daye are called Meletians. 1612 R. Cadwallader tr. Theodoret Eccl. Hist. i. ix. 44 (heading) The epistle of the Nycene Councell, to the Church of Alexandria, concerning Meletius of Egypt, of whom descended the Schismatikes called Meletians. 1756 A. Butler Lives Saints II. 243 The Meletians continued..to hold private assemblies, ordain new bishops.., and to fill Egypt with factions and schisms. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxi. 272/1 The Meletians in Egypt, like the Donatists in Africa, were produced by an episcopal quarrel which arose from the persecution. 1886 J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects (new ed.) 305/1 No heresy is charged to the sect until after the Council of Nicaea, when the Meletians embraced Arianism, influenced by a common hostility against Athanasius. 1957 F. L. Cross Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 884/1 The Melitians, encouraged by Eusebius of Nicomedia, again went into schism. 1991 Oxf. Dict. Byzantium 1333/1 The struggle against Arianism prompted Alexander of Alexandria to a policy of reconciliation with the Meletians. B. adj.¹ Of or relating to this sect. ΚΠ 1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 81 The Tragy-Comick Scene of Arsenius the Meletian Bishop. 1710 J. Bingham Origines Ecclesiasticæ II. 186 Theodore Bishop of Oxyrinchus re-ordained the Meletian Presbyters, upon their Return to the Church. 1886 J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects at Meletians Epiphanius gives an account of the origin of the Meletian schism. 1957 F. L. Cross Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 884/1 Evidence for the life of Melitian monastic communities has recently come to light in a number of British Museum papyri. 1962 W. Telfer Office of Bishop vii. 140 A like explanation may serve when persons unspecified shut up Meletian bishops in the meat-market at Alexandria. But the Meletians put it down to an express order of Athanasius. 1991 Oxf. Dict. Byzantium 1333/1 The new allies accused Athanasios of beating Meletian bishops, murdering one of them, and using a Meletian liturgical vessel for secular purposes. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Meletiann.²adj.² Brit. /məˈliːʃn/, U.S. /məˈliʃ(ə)n/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a Greek lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: proper name Meletius , -an suffix. Etymology: < the name of St Meletius (Greek Μελήτιος ), Bishop of Antioch (d. 381) + -an suffix, perhaps after a formation in Byzantine Greek or post-classical Latin. Compare Meletian n.¹ and adj.¹The historian Socrates does not use Byzantine Greek Μελητιανός , Μελιτιανός in the passage corresponding to quot. 1712 at sense A. Church History. A. n.² A member of a party in the Church of Antioch comprising those Orthodox Christians who continued to accept the authority of St Meletius (consecrated bishop in a.d. 360), despite the deposition and exile which he suffered early in his episcopate.The election of a rival created a schism which persisted for over fifty years. ΚΠ 1625 M. Broniovius in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. xxi. 633 Olbiopolis,..sometime builded by the Meletians. 1712 S. Parker tr. Eccl. Hist. Socrates II. v. 125 Mean time the Meletians at Antioch, upon the return of their bishop, were advancing and pressing a project to reconcile the two orthodox communions. 1886 J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects (new ed.) 308/1 There is no doubt that both Eustathians and Meletians held substantially the Catholic faith regarding the Holy Trinity. 1911 Catholic Encycl. X. 162/1 The emperor banished Meletius to his native Armenia... This exile was the immediate cause of a long and deplorable schism between the Catholics of Antioch, henceforth divided into Meletians and Eustathians. 1991 Oxf. Dict. Byzantium II. 1333/1 A theological difference emerged between the Meletians and Eustathians. B. adj.² Of or relating to this party. ΚΠ 1840 E. Cox tr. J. J. I. Döllinger Hist. Church II. iii. 117 Another schism, the Meletian, which sprung from Arianism, agitated and troubled the Church of Antioch. 1886 J. H. Blunt Dict. Sects (new ed.) 307/2 The Meletian party was put in the position of the established Church. 1907 Catholic Encycl. I. 285/1 He [sc. Alexander of Antioch] healed the last remnants of the Meletian schism at Antioch. 1991 Oxf. Dict. Byzantium II. 1333/1 The second Meletian Schism originated in Antioch. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹adj.¹1577n.²adj.²1625
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