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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Abelian

· A·bel·i·an · IPA /əˈbi.li.ən/
01 n. One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner,…
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    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.(Eccl. Hist.)