/loh"gee on', -jee-, log"ee-/ , n. , pl. logia /loh"gee euh, -jee euh, log"ee euh/ , logions .
1. a traditional saying or maxim, as of a religious teacher.
2. ( sometimes cap. ) Biblical Criticism.
a. a saying of Jesus, esp. one contained in collections supposed to have been among the sources of the present Gospels.
b. a saying included in the agrapha.
[ 1580-90; lógion saying, oracle, n. use of neut. of lógios skilled in words, eloquent. See LOG-, -IOUS ]