Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Rare word #2: antidikomarianitai

On doing some light reading I came across "antidikomarianitai." This word meaning "opponents of Mary" refers to a heretical group that denied the perpetual virginity of Mary. What is great (in one sense anyway) is that you can still use this word when talking to many heterodox today. I would recommend practicing saying it in front of a mirror first much as one would before attempting disestablishmentarianism or supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (oddly the former word was not in my computer's dictionary while the latter was) in public.

Swinging to the other extremes the Collyridians took their devotion to Mary too far and worshipped her as a goddess. You will find them mentioned on occasion as some interpret the Koran as stating that Christians belief Mary to be part of the Trinity.

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