PAULICIANS
\pɔːlˈɪʃənz], \pɔːlˈɪʃənz], \p_ɔː_l_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n_z]\
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(Eccl. Hist. ) A Christian sect, which seems to have arisen in Armenia in the ninth century, and to have adopted the name of Paulus, one of their leaders, to disavow connexion with the Manichaeans. Their opinions are known only from the accounts given by their opponents, who charge them with dualism See Ahriman. A colony of Paulicians spread westwards, and has been supposed to be connected with the Albigenses.
By Henry Percy Smith
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).