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Definition: ABELONIAN

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Noun 1. 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 "Abelonian" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: ABELONIAN

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. 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 "ABELONIAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)