Severian

Alice Turner · 14 Oct 1998, 23:15 · from whorl-v0009.mbox · original

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From: "Alice Turner" <al at interport.net>
Subject: (whorl) Severian
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 23:15:57
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Well, god bless my boots and whiskers, I never thought to look here--I must
say, mantis, hats are off to you once again. I'm quoting the whole OED entry
this time, citations and all:

Severian (sI"vI@rI@n).

[ad. L. Seve=C5=BDria=C5=BDn-=E2=82=AC=C5=BD (pl.), f. the name Seve=C5=BDr=
us (see below) + -ian.]

1. A member of an Encratite or Gnostic sect of the 2nd century which
condemned marriage, etc.

=E2=80=98It may reasonably be doubted whether there really was an Encratite=
 teacher
named Severus, or whether sects did not merely get the Latin name of
Severians from the austerity of their rule of life=E2=80=99 (Smith=E2=80=99=
s Dict. Chr.
Biog.).

1607 T. Rogers 39 Art. vi. (1633) 30 Of the former sort [i.e. those who
rejected the books of the O.T.] were the Seuerians,..and the Manichies.

1656 Blount Glossogr., Severians..a sort of Hereticks that condemned
marriage, abstained from eating flesh and drinking wine, &c.

1702 Echard Eccl. Hist. (1710) 500 The Severians..who rejected the Epistles
of St. Paul and the Acts of the Apostles.

1887 Salmon in Smith & Wace Dict. Chr. Biog. IV. 633/1 A sect of Severians
is described by Epiphanius (Haer. 45) which except the feature of Encratism
has little in common with the sect described by Eusebius.

2. A follower of Severus, the Monophysite patriarch of Antioch (early 5th
c.).

1698 Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 272 Severus Bishop of Antioch.., from whom
they were denominated Severians.

1765 A. Maclaine tr. Mosheim=E2=80=99s Eccl. Hist. Cent. vi. ii. v. =C2=A75.

1878 P. Smith Hist. Chr. Ch. xvi. =C2=A76. 368 note, The Severians..held th=
at the
body of Christ before the resurrection was mortal and corruptible.

1882=C2=AD3 Schaff Encycl. Rel. Knowl. II. 1137 The Egyptian Monophysites c=
alled
themselves..Theodosians, or Severians.

b. attrib. or adj.

1718 J. Sharpe Hist. Acc. Heresie ii. 51 The Severian Sect (in the Year
521)..took its Name from Severus.

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