Tertullian

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English

Etymology

Anglicized from Latin Tertullianus.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tertullian

  1. A Roman cognomen, in particular borne by the Christian theologian Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus from Carthage.

Translations

Adjective

Tertullian (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, or in the style or manner of Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus from Carthage.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 604:
      And so the Malay C.P.O. listened, with a Tertullian willingness to believe, to the white men's stories.