Marcionite


Mar·cion·ism

M0103100 (mär′shə-nĭz′əm)n. A Christian heresy of the second and third centuries ad that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Jesus as a human.
[After Marcion (died c. ad 160), Pontic merchant and heretic in Rome.]
Mar′cion·ite′ (-shə-nīt′) n.

Mar•cion•ite

(ˈmɑr ʃəˌnaɪt)

also Mar′cion•ist,



n. a member of a Gnostic sect of the 2nd and 3th centuries that rejected the Old Testament. [1530–40; < Late Latin Marciōn-, s. of Marciō Marcion (died c160), founder of the sect + -ite1] Mar′cion•ism, n.