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Mar·cion·ism | \ ˈmär-shə-ˌni-zəm 
, -sē-ə-, -shē-ə- \
, -sē-ə-, -shē-ə- \Definition of Marcionism
: 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
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Marcionite \ ˈmär-shə-ˌnīt , -sē-ə- , -shē-ə- \ noun
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The first known use of Marcionism was in 1868
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