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messalian

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Mes⋅sa⋅lian

  [mi-seyl-yuhn, -sey-lee-uhn]
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–noun
Euchite.
Origin:
1585–95; < LGk Messaliānós < Syriac məṣalləyānē given to prayer
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Eu⋅chite

  [yoo-kahyt]
–noun
a member of a mendicant, ascetic sect living chiefly in Syria and Mesopotamia in the 4th–7th centuries a.d., and holding a belief that the demon in each person can be expelled only by ceaseless prayer.
Also called Messalian.

Origin:
1575–85
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