Definition for OR'I-GEN-IST

OR'I-GEN-IST, n.

A follower of Origen of Alexandria, a celebrated Christian father. The Origenists held that the souls of men have a pre-existent state; that they are holy intelligences, and sin before they are united to the body; that Christ will be crucified hereafter for the salvation of devils, &c. Encyc.

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