Home › Words › N › novatiannovatiannovatian means relating to the heresiarch Novatian or his schismatic sect, Novatianism.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, novatian ranks #10,288 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Latin Novatius (plausibly via French Novatien).adjRelating to the heresiarch Novatian or his schismatic sect, Novatianism.nameA Roman priest, who became an antipope against St. Cornelius in 251 AD, considered by the Catholic Church to be a schismatic heresiarch as founder of a Christian sect known as Novatianism.nounA follower of Novatianism.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).