PEL'AGIC, adjective [Latin pelagus, the sea.] Pertaining to the sea; as pelagian shells. PELA'GIAN, noun [from Pelagius, a native of Great Britain, who lived in the fourth century.] A follower of Pelagius, a monk of Banchor or Bangor, who denied original sin, and asserted the doctrine of free will and the merit of good works. PELA'GIAN, adjective Pertaining to Pelagius and his doctrines.
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