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Definition: ABELITE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An alternative spelling for "Abelonian": One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Abelite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: ABELITE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An alternative spelling for "Abelonian": One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ABELITE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)