Theodosian

[ thee-uh-doh-shuhn, -shee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to Theodosius I, who made Christianity the official state religion of the Roman Empire.
2. of or relating to Theodosius II, who issued the earliest collection of the imperial laws Theodosian Code.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Theodosian¹

1755–65; Theodosius ( def ) + -an

Example Sentences

Leif Inge Ree Petersen, a siege-warfare expert at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, explained to me that to do this right — and Trump wants only the best — we should match the “gold standard” in defensive walls: the Theodosian walls that protected Constantinople from George Soros-funded migrant caravans for 1,000 years, until 1453.

From Washington Post

The old Pagan legislation on this subject remained unaltered in the Theodosian and Justinian codes; but a Council of Arles, in the fifth century, having pronounced suicide to be the effect of diabolical inspiration, a Council of Bragues, in the following century, ordained that no religious rites should be celebrated at the tomb of the culprit, and that no masses should be said for his soul; and these provisions, which were repeated by later Councils, were gradually introduced into the laws of the barbarians and of Charlemagne.

From Project Gutenberg

There are also many details on the subject in Godefroy's Commentary to the laws about children in the Theodosian Code, in Malthus, On Population, in Edward's tract On the State of Slavery in the Early and Middle Ages of Christianity, and in most ecclesiastical histories.22.It must not; however, be inferred from this that infanticide increases in direct proportion to the unchastity of a nation.

From Project Gutenberg

It was beneath the golden roof of the Theodosian basilica that Nestorius scandalized the orthodoxy of his flock, and gave the first impulse to the controversy which bears his name, by applauding the vehement declaration of the preacher who denied to the Virgin Mary the title of mother of God.

From Project Gutenberg

Or was it rather that the status and duties of existing offices and trades came to be determined and made hereditary by some such artificial system as that by which the Theodosian Code succeeded for a time in organizing the Roman society in the 5th century of our era?

From Project Gutenberg