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Proterians

Proterians is the plural of Proterian.

Meaning of Proterian

Noun

Proterian (plural Proterians)

  1. (historical) A faction at the Council of Chalcedon who supported the installation of Proterius of Alexandria as Patriarch of Alexandria. Bringing the Proterians into communion was one of the conditions that Proterius' sucessor, Peter Mongus, ascended to the Patriarchate under.

Questions about Proterians

What is Proterians the plural of?
Proterians is the plural of Proterian.

Words near Proterians in the dictionary

  1. proteranthy
  2. proterguride
  3. proterhinid
  4. proterhinids
  5. Proterian
  6. Proterians
  7. protero-
  8. proterochampsian
  9. proterochampsians
  10. proterochampsid
  11. proterochampsids

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