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from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to Antiochus of Ascalon (died about 68
b. c. ), the founder of a sect of eclectic philosophers who sought to unite the philosophy of Plato with many of the doctrines of Aristotle and the Stoics. - Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch.
- The mundane era of Antioch, September, 5493
b. c. , employed by the Syrian Christians as the date of the creation of the world.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria.
- adjective (Chron.) a method of computing time, from the proclamation of liberty granted to the city of Antioch, about the time of the battle of Pharsalia, B.C. 48.
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