Antiochian


An`ti`o´chi`an


a.1.Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.
2.Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria.
Antiochian epoch
(Chron.) a method of computing time, from the proclamation of liberty granted to the city of Antioch, about the time of the battle of Pharsalia, B.C. 48.