Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pelagius

1 sense of pelagius

Sense 1
Pelagius -- (a British or Irish monk who denied the doctrines of original sin and predestination and defended human goodness and free will; his views were declared heretical by the Council of Ephesus in 431 (circa 360-418))
       INSTANCE OF=> monk, monastic -- (a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work)