Eccl. Hist. Also Lucanist. [ad. late L. Lūciānista, f. Lūciān-us: see -IST.] The name of two sorts of heretics: a. A follower of Lucianus the Marcionite (of the 2nd century). b. A kind of Arian; = COLLUCIANIST.
1727–41. Chambers, Cycl., Lucianists, or Lucanists, a religious sect, so called from Lucianus, or Lucanus,… a disciple of Marcion…. There was another sect of Lucianists, who appeared some time after the Arians.
