PATERINES
\pˈatəɹˌiːnz], \pˈatəɹˌiːnz], \p_ˈa_t_ə_ɹ_ˌiː_n_z]\
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[L.] (Eccl. Hist.) A name given to the Western Manichaeans (Milman, Hist, of Latin Christianity, bk. ix. ch. 8), and also by the married clergy of Milan to the monkish party in the controversy respecting clerical marriage (ibid., bk. vi. ch. 3).
By Henry Percy Smith
