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PELAGIUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A British or Irish monk who denied the doctrines of original sin and predestination and defended human goodness and free will; his views were declared heretical by the Council of Ephesus in 431 (circa 360-418)
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Instance hypernyms:
monastic; monk (a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work)
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