Collyridian

noun
Col·​ly·​rid·​i·​an | \ ˌkäləˈridēən\
plural -s

Definition of Collyridian

: one of a heretical sect in the 4th and 5th centuries chiefly in Arabia that employed women as priestesses to offer sacrifices in the form of rolls of bread to the Virgin Mary

History and Etymology for Collyridian

Medieval Latin Collyridianus, from Late Latin collyrida thin cake of bread, from Greek kollyrid-, kollyris, diminutive of kollyra roll of bread

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