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Barlaamites

Barlaamites is the plural of Barlaamite.

Meaning of Barlaamite

Noun

Barlaamite (plural Barlaamites)

  1. (Eastern Orthodoxy) An advocate of Barlaamite views, an opponent of Hesychasm.
    • At the End of the Age, arose the Question of Thaboretick Light, betwixt the Barlaamites and Palamites; which is agitated with great Heat in Synods, with Anathema's and biting Libels; as if they were striving for the chief Articles of Faith, and as if the whole of Religion consisted in such Trifles.1718, Isaac Sharpe, An Historical Account of the Rise and Growth of Heresie in the Christian Church […], page 121

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Questions about Barlaamites

What is Barlaamites the plural of?
Barlaamites is the plural of Barlaamite.

Words near Barlaamites in the dictionary

  1. Barkus
  2. Barkuses
  3. barky
  4. Barlaam
  5. Barlaamite
  6. Barlaamites
  7. barladies
  8. barlady
  9. barlafumble
  10. barlafummil
  11. Barlage

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