VALENTINIANS
\vˌaləntˈɪni͡ənz], \vˌaləntˈɪniənz], \v_ˌa_l_ə_n_t_ˈɪ_n_iə_n_z]\
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(Eccl. Hist.) The followers of the Egyptian Valentinus, who in the second century put forth an elaborate Gnostic system of Aeons, composing a complete deity, which he termed Pleroma, fulness, or plenitude. Their morality resembled that of the Carpocratians.
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).