Calixtine

[ kuh-lik-stahyn, -steen ]

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noun

a member of a body of Hussites in the 15th century holding that the chalice as well as the bread should be received by the laity in the Eucharist.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Calixtine¹

< Medieval Latin �䲹��ī�Գܲ�, equivalent to calix cup + -��ī�Գܲ� adj. suffix; vespertine

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Example Sentences

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Leibniz, and the Calixtine school of Lutherans, were very near adopting his plan; but as he was an agent of pope and emperor when Louis XIV. was the enemy of both, Bossuet contrived to baffle him.

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The most important dogmatist of the Calixtine school was Conrad Horneius.

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calix Calixtus I

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