English Explanatory Dictionary

Paulian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Synonym of Pauline (“of or relating to Paul the Apostle or his writings”).
noun
  1. A supporter or follower of Paul the Apostle.
noun
  1. A follower of Paul of Samosata, a bishop of Antioch in the third century, who was deposed for denying the divinity of Jesus.
adj
  1. Of or relating to Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958), Austrian theoretical physicist and pioneer of quantum physics.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɔː.li.ən/

Word forms

Paulian Paulians

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Pauliānus. By surface analysis, Paul + -ian.

Synonyms

Pauline Paulianist

Related words

Paulianist
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