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DAVIDISTS , a See also:

FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy name rather than a recognized designation for three religious sects. It has been applied (1) to the followers (if he had any) of See also:

David of See also:

DINANT

Dinant, in See also:

Belgium, the teacher or See also:

PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of See also:

Amalric (Amaury) of Bena, both of whom taught apparently a See also:

SPECIES

species of See also:

PANTHEISM (Gr. 7rav, all, Oeos, god)

pantheism. David's Quaterni, or Quaternuli, condemned and burnt at See also:

Paris (1209), is a lost See also:

BOOK

book, known only by references in Albertus See also:

MAGNUS, HEINRICH GUSTAV (1802-1870)

Magnus and See also:

Thomas See also:

AQUINAS, THOMAS [Thomas of AQUIN or AQUINO], (c 1227--1274)

Aquinas. Its author would have been burnt had he not fled. The name has been given (2) to the followers of David See also:

George or See also:

JORIS, DAVID

Joris (q.v.), and (3) to the followers of See also:

Francis David (1510-1579), the apostle of Transylvanian See also:

UNITARIANISM

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