Pronunciation: ' mär-sh ə - ˌ ni-z ə m, -s ē - ə -, -sh ē - ə -
Function: noun
Etymology: Marcion 2d century A.D. Christian Gnostic
Date: 1868
: the doctrinal system of a sect of the second and third centuries A.D. accepting some parts of the New Testament but denying Christ's corporality and humanity and condemning the Creator God of the Old Testament
– Mar · cion · ite \ - ˌ n ī t \ noun