barlaamite means supporting or pertaining to the theologian Barlaam of Seminara, especially his opposition to Hesychasm. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From Barlaam + -ite.
adj
- Supporting or pertaining to the theologian Barlaam of Seminara, especially his opposition to Hesychasm.“[…] but in the next age the question was forgotten; nor can I learn that the axe or the fagot were employed for the extirpation of the Barlaamite heresy.”
noun
- An advocate of Barlaamite views, an opponent of Hesychasm.“At the End of the Age, arose the Question of Thaboretick Light, betwixt the Barlaamites and Palamites; which is agitated with great Heat in Synods, with Anathema's and biting Libels; as if they were striving for the chief Articles of Faith, and as if the whole of Religion consisted in such Trifles.”