Abelian

== English == === Etymology === From Abel +‎ -ian. === Adjective === Abelian (not comparable) (mathematics, group theory, dated) Alternative letter-case form of abelian. ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === Abelian (plural Abelians) (Christianity, historical) A member of a sect in fourth-century Africa mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married but lived in continence after the manner, as they claimed, of Abel. 1826, unnamed translator, Pierre Bayle, An Historical and Critical Dictionary [1697, Dictionnaire Historique et Critique; 1709, Historical and Critical Dictionary], Selected and Abridged, Volume 1, page 50, The Abelians were only a moderate sort of Encratites and Novatians, who absolutely condemned matrimony, while the Abelians approved of and retained it. ==== Synonyms ==== (member of a sect): Abelite, Abelonian ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Liébana