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- noun Plural form of
Abelite .
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The Abelians, or Abelites, a sect in northern Africa mentioned by St. Augustine (de Haer., lxxxvii), pretended that they imitated Abel by marrying, yet condemned the use of marriage.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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