Home › Words › C › cerinthiancerinthiancerinthian means of or relating to Cerinthus or the Cerinthian sect.EtymologyFrom Cerinthus + -ian, named after its Jewish founder, Cerinthus.adjOf or relating to Cerinthus or the Cerinthian sect.nounOne of an ancient religious sect that attempted to unite the doctrines of Christ with the opinions of the Jews and Gnostics.e.g.“1845-1852, Walter Hook, Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Biography There were some among the Cerinthians, who absolutely denied the resurrection of the dead”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.basilidian 57% match — Of or relating to the Gnostic sect founded by Basilides of Alexandria in the 2nd century. vs cerinthian →encratite 56% match — One of an ascetic 2nd-century sect of Christians who forbade marriage and counselled abstinence from meat. vs cerinthian →cinyrad 55% match — A descendant of Cinyras. vs cerinthian →cerinthe 55% match — Any member of the genus Cerinthe of vascular plants in the family Boraginaceae. vs cerinthian →elcesaite 54% match — A member of an ancient Jewish-Christian sect, possibly related to the Ebionites, in Sassanid southern Mesopotamia. vs cerinthian →celestinian 54% match — A Celestine. vs cerinthian →syncretist 53% match — One who attempts syncretism, the fusion of different systems or beliefs. vs cerinthian →abstinentes 53% match — a Gnostic-aligned sect which formed in Spain and Gaul and told its followers to abstain from marriage to achieve sanctity, and also separately to abstain from meat. vs cerinthian →