ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ˈselyən noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Late Latin circumcellion-, circumcellio, from Latin circum- + Late Latin -cellion- -cellio (from Latin cella cell) — more at cell
: one of a group of the Donatists composed of runaway slaves, ruined peasants, and the non-Roman population of northern Africa who combining social with ecclesiastical revolt and courting martyrdom were suppressed by the government