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Heracleonite

Heracleonite noun: a follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, who offered mystical and allegorical interpretations of Scripture.

Noun

Heracleonite (plural Heracleonites)

  1. (historical) A follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, who offered mystical and allegorical interpretations of Scripture.

Forms of Heracleonite

pluralHeracleonites

Origin of Heracleonite

From Heracleon + -ite.

Questions about Heracleonite

What does Heracleonite mean?
Heracleonite means a follower of Heracleon of Alexandria, who offered mystical and allegorical interpretations of Scripture.
What part of speech is Heracleonite?
Heracleonite is a noun.
What is the plural of Heracleonite?
The plural of Heracleonite is Heracleonites.

Words near Heracleonite in the dictionary

  1. Heracleidae
  2. Heracleidan
  3. heracleids
  4. Heracleitus
  5. heraclenol
  6. Heracleonite
  7. Heracleonites
  8. Heracleopolitan
  9. Heracleopolitans
  10. Heracleopolite
  11. Heracleopolites

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