leuco path I a, leucopathy

[Gr. leukos white, and pathos suffering.] The condition of an albino; albinism. tion.] Leu-co-pe-tri-anş, s . pl . [For etym. see def in i Church Hist.: A fanatical Eastern sect, said to have been founded by one Leucopetrus, toward the end of the twelfth century. They profe ed to believe in a double Trinity, refrained from marriage, rejected the sacraments and all external worship, placing the e ence of religion in private prayer. On this they relied as a means of expelling the demon which, they a erted, dwelt in every person's heart. ( McClintock & Strong .) leū-co-pět-rîne, leu-co-pět-rite, 8. [Greek leukos =white, and petros rock. Named after the German locality, Wei enfels=white rock.] Min.: Found as a layer six inches to two feet thick, in a lignite bed. Aspect loam-like, but with a shining wax-like streak. By distillation of the lignite the whole of the mineral pa es over as a butter-like ma , which, on analysis, gave the formula C55H1100. Soluble in hot absolute alcohol and ether, and crystallizes in pearly hexagonal plates from the solution. Melts at 50.