An`ti*o"chi*an (#), a.
1.
Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.
2.
Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria.
Antiochian epoch Chron., a method of computing time, from the proclamation of liberty granted to the city of Antioch, about the time of the battle of Pharsalia, B.C. 48.
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