Pe*la"gi*an (?), a. [L. pelagius, Gr. , fr. the sea: cf. F. p'elagien.]

Of or pertaining to the sea; marine; pelagic; as, pelagian shells.

 

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Pe*la"gi*an, n. [L. Pelagianus: cf. F. p'elagien.] Eccl. Hist.

A follower of Pelagius, a British monk, born in the later part of the 4th century, who denied the doctrines of hereditary sin, of the connection between sin and death, and of conversion through grace.

 

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Pe*la"gi*an, a. [Cf. F. p'elagien.]

Of or pertaining to Pelagius, or to his doctrines.

 

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