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Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.

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  1. a. Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria.
  3. 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.
  4. a. Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers. a. Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria.