Bellocian

comparative more Bellocian · superlative most Bellocian

1. Of or relating to Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953), Anglo-French writer and historian.

   There were, of course answers to the Bellocian contention.

   1943, Christopher Hollis, “Mr. Belloc's Servile State and the Beveridge Plan”, in Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review

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   He then proceeded, in pseudo-Bellocian fashion, to divide Europe into the 'Gallo-Latin', the 'Anglo-Saxon' and the 'Austro-German' civilizations.

   2002, Joseph Pearce, Old Thunder: A Life of Hilaire Belloc, Ignatius Press

plural Bellocians

1. A follower of Hilaire Belloc's philosophy

   in contrast to the political and economic focus of the Bellocians, they were interested in theology and philosophy, and particularly in new voices on the continent, from France and Germany.

   2009, James R. Lothian, The Making and Unmaking of the English Catholic Intellectual Community, 1910–1950

   Synonyms: Bellocite