'Novatian' definitions:

Definition of 'Novatian'

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  • Novatian \No*va"tian\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful. [1913 Webster]

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