Bogomil Definition

noun

A member of a dualist Christian sect which flourished in the Balkans during the 10th to 15th centuries and was characterized by resistance to the state and church authorities.

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Noun

Singular:
bogomil
Plural:
bogomils

Origin of Bogomil

  • From the name of the priest Bogomil, who supposedly founded the sect, literally meaning "dear to god", from bog (“god”) (compare Common Slavic *bogъ) and mil (“dear”) (compare Common Slavic *milъ).

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Bogomil Sentence Examples

  • In 1232 Stephen, the successor of Kulin, was dethroned by the native magnates, who chose instead Matthew Ninoslav, a Bogomil.

  • On the death of Ninoslav in 1250, vigorous efforts were made to exterminate the Bogomil heresy; and to this end, Bela IV., who appeared as the champion of Roman Catholicism, Hungarian' secured the election of his nominee Prijesda to the banate.

  • A rising of the native magnates in 1322 resulted in the election of the Bogomil, Stephen Kotromanic, last and greatest of the Bosnian bans.

  • His position was endangered by the growing power of his father-in-law, Stephen Vukcic, an ardent Bogomil, who had united Tribunia and Hlum into a single principality.

  • Similarly (in a iothcentury form of renunciation of Bogomil error preserved in a Vienna codex 1) we hear of Peter "the founder of the heresy of the Messalians or Lycopetrians or Fundaitae and Bogomils who called himself Christ and promised to rise again after death."

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Words Starting With

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Words Starting With B and Ending With L

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With B7 Letter Words Ending With L