collyria

Plural of collyrium. Colly rid i an (kol-i-rid'i-an), n. and a. IMG:content-0816.png:[blocks in formation] The Church of Rome is not willing to call the Collyridi ans heretics, for offering a cake to the Virgin Mary. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 317. II. a. Of or pertaining to the Colly rid i ans. Among the Colly rid i an heretics, women were admitted to the priesthood. Lecky, Europ. Morals, II. 387.