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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NOVATIAN

n.In church history, one of the sect of Novatus or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.

 

NOVATIANISM

n.The opinions of the Novations. One Hypolitus, a Roman presbyter, had been seduced into Novatianism.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NOVATIAN

No *va "tian, n. (Eccl. Hist. )

 

Defn: One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful.

 

NOVATIANISM

NOVATIANISM No *va "tian *ism, n.

 

Defn: The doctrines or principles of the Novatians. Milner.

 

Duden Dictionary

Novatianer

No va ti a ner Substantiv, maskulin , der |Novati a ner |der Novatianer; Genitiv: des Novatianers, Plural: die Novatianer meist im Plural nach dem römischen Presbyter Novatian (3. Jahrhundert )Anhänger einer sittenstrengen, rechtgläubigen altchristlichen Sekte

 

Novatianerin

No va ti a ne rin Substantiv, feminin , die |Novati a nerin |die Novatianerin; Genitiv: der Novatianerin, Plural: die Novatianerinnen weibliche Form zu Novatianer