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BARLAAMITES

\bˈɑːlɑːmˌa͡ɪts], \bˈɑːlɑːmˌa‍ɪts], \b_ˈɑː_l_ɑː_m_ˌaɪ_t_s]\

Definitions of BARLAAMITES

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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(Eccl. Hist.) Followers of Barlaam, a Latin monk of fourteenth century; known chiefly from their controversy with the Quietist monks of Mount Athos (Gibbon, Roman Empire, ch. lxiii.).

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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