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Brewer's: Meletians
The followers of Meletius, Bishop of Lycopolis, in Egypt, who is said to have sacrificed to idols in order to avoid the persecutions of Diocletian. A trimmer in religion.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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