Etymology

Montanism

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Today it means: The doctrines of a heretical sect of the second to fifth centuries, founded by Montanus in Phrygia, which held millenarian beliefs. Full definition →

First used 16th c.
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From Latin Montanus + -ism.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 16th c. The doctrines of a heretical sect of the second to fifth centuries, founded by Montanus in Phrygia, which held millenarian beliefs.

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