Marcionite
- noun
- /ˈmɑrʃəˌnaɪt/
- Specialized
- As a Marcionite, she believed that the Old Testament was not a true representation of God.
Examples
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Many scholars study the views of Marcionites to understand the early divergence in Christian thought.
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Because there did not exist a demon or Marcionite God to condemn man to the existence of a machine or to transform him into a machine, man invented such a God; or rather, he even had the daring to attribute to himself the part of this supplementary God; but he took on this part exclusively with the aim of wreaking upon himself that damage which he could not invite upon himself from other divinities.
Academic text (2016) -
The group's Marcionite beliefs led them to reject the teachings of the Jewish scriptures.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Marcionite = Marcion (semi-transparent) = Marcion + ite
The suffix '-ite' productively forms nouns meaning 'a follower of' or 'adherent to' a person or movement, but understanding who Marcion was requires historical knowledge.
Etymology
The word Marcionite comes from the name Marcion and the ending -ite, which means 'follower'. A Marcionite is someone who followed Marcion and his idea of rejecting the Old Testament, so the word means a follower of his teachings.