Ch. Hist. [f. Themisti-us, name of the founder of the sect (see quot. 1882–3) + -AN.] In plural: A sect of the MONOPHYSITES who attributed to Christ imperfect knowledge. Cf. AGNOITES.
1874. in Blunt, Dict. Sects, Heresies, &c.
1882–3. Schaff’s Encycl. Relig. Knowl., I. 36. The second sect (founded in the sixth century by Themistius, deacon of Alexandria), sometimes called the Themistians.
1883. Cath. Dict. (1885), 598/1. The Themistians, or Agnoetæ, held that the human element in Christ before his resurrection was subject to ignorance.
