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Definition: ARTOTYRITE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. One of a sect in the primitive church, who celebrated the Lord's Supper with bread and cheese, alleging that the first oblations of men not only of the fruit of the earth, but of their flocks. [Gen. iv. 3, 4.].[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Artotyrite" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Artotyrite \Ar`to*ty"rite\, noun. [from Late Latin expression Artotyritae, plural, from the Greek expression bread cheese.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: ARTOTYRITE

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] One of a sect of heretics, in the primitive church, who celebrated the eucharist with bread and cheese, alleging that the first oblations of men were not only the fruit of the earth, but of their flocks. They admitted females to the priesthood and episcopacy. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: ARTOTYRITE

Artotyrite

The Artotyrites, or Artotyritæ, were a sect branched from the ancient Montanists, who first appears in the 2nd century, and spread throughout Galatia. They used bread and cheese in the Eucharist, or perhaps baked bread with cheese. their reason was that the first men offered to God, not only fruits of the earth, but of their flocks too. Hence, according to St. Augustine, came their name, which is Greek, being composed of ἀρτος, 'bread', and τυρος, 'cheese'.

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  • This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain. [1]

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