theodolitic

[Eng. theodolit (e); -ic.] Of or pertaining to a theodolite; made by means of a theodolite; as, theodolitic observations. Thê-ô-đô-si-an, adj . [See def.] Pertaining or relating to the Emperor Theodosius (A. D. 401-450), or to the code of laws compiled under his direction. Thê-ô-do-ti-an (ti as shi), s. [See def.] Ecclesiology and Church History ( pl .): 1. A sect named after Theodotus, a tanner of Byzantium, who, apostatizing during a Roman persecution (A. D. 192), palliated his fall by representing that Jesus, notwithstanding His miraculous conception, was only a man. He [Theodotus], therefore, had denied man, and not God. 2. The followers of a disciple of the former, a banker, also called Theodotus, who organized the sect, A. D. 210. He held that Jesus, though born a man, became God at His baptism. Some of Theodotus' followers thought that Jesus did so at His resurrection and some not at all. Called also Mel chisidicians (q. v.).