IGNATIAN
\ɪɡnˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɪɡnˈeɪʃən], \ɪ_ɡ_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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ig-n[=a]'shan, adj. of or pertaining to St Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, martyred at Rome under Trajan about 110 A.D.--The famous IGNATIAN EPISTLES exist in 3 different forms or recensions--the Short (3 only, in Syriac); the Middle (7, the Greek text first published in 1646--considered by Zahn and Lightfoot to be the original form); the Long (these 7, together with 6 others).
By Thomas Davidson
