I. sə̇virēən noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Medieval Latin Severianus, from Severus, 2d century Gnostic + Latin -ianus -ian
: one of a sect of Encratite Gnostics of the 2d century
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Sever us died 538 Pisidian ecclesiastic, bishop of Antioch + English -ian
: a follower of the Monophysite patriarch Severus who taught that the body of Christ was subject to corruption prior to his resurrection