a Gnostic movement of the 2nd and 3rd centuries ad
Word origin
C16: after Marcion of Sinope, 2nd-century Gnostic
Marcionism in American English
(ˈmɑrʃənˌɪzəm)
noun
the doctrines of a rigorous Christian sect of the 2d and 3d cent. that rejected the Old Testament and all but the writings of Paul in the New Testament
Derived forms
Marcionite (ˈMarcionˌite) (ˈmɑrʃəˌnaɪt)
noun
Word origin
after Marcion, Christian Gnostic of the 2d c. a.d.