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PRISCILLIANISTS

\pɹˈɪsɪlˌi͡ənɪsts], \pɹˈɪsɪlˌi‍ənɪsts], \p_ɹ_ˈɪ_s_ɪ_l_ˌiə_n_ɪ_s_t_s]\

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In Eccl. Hist., the followers of Priscillian, a Spanish bishop, put to death in A.D. 382, by Maximus, tyrant of Gaul. Their opinions are said to have been Manichaean.- Milman, Hist, of Latin Christianity, bk. ii. ch. 4.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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