An′ti‐o″chi‐an (�), a. 1. Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.
2. Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria.
Antiochian epoch(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.