CERINTHIANS, noun A set of heretics, so called from Cerinthus, one of the first heresiarchs in the church. They denied the divinity of Christ, but they held that, in his baptism, a celestial virtue descended on him in the form of a dove, by means of which he was consecrated by the Holy Spirit and made Christ.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.