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Definition of Areopagites

Areopagite
Areopagite Ar`e*op"a*gite, n. [L. Areopagites, Gr. ?.] A member of the Areopagus. --Acts xvii. 34.

Meaning of Areopagites from wikipedia

- Dionysius the Areopagite (/daɪəˈnɪsiəs/; Ancient Gr****: Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεοπαγίτης Dionysios ho Areopagitēs) was an Athenian judge at the Areopagus Court...
- his visit to Athens, notably leading to the conversion of Dionysius the Areopagite. However, it is unclear whether Paul gave his speech before the Areopagus...
- Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (or Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite) was a Gr**** author, Christian theologian and Neoplatonic philosopher of the late 5th...
- president and the attorney-general, ten vice-presidents, sixty five areopagites and seventeen deputy attorneys-general. The members of the Supreme Court...
- outside Bavaria, the council of the Areopagites was replaced by an ineffective "Council of Provincials". The Areopagites, however, remained as powerful voices...
- Look up Areopagus or Areopagite in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Areopagus was an ancient Gr**** supreme court. Areopagus may also refer to: Areopagus...
- the prestige of its leading members. Aristotle specifically cites the Areopagites' distribution of money to the public as the citizen body prepared to...
- Domitian's ****cution and incorrectly identified St Denis of Paris with the Areopagite who was converted by Paul the Apostle and who served as the first bishop...
- influential angelic hierarchy was that put forward by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in the 5th or 6th century in his book De Coelesti Hierarchia (On the Celestial...
- authorities and powers" had been made subject to him. Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite in his work De Coelesti Hierarchia includes the thrones as the third highest...