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Antiochian epoch

Antiochian \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.