Obs. [f. as prec. + -AN.] = ENTHUSIAST 1.
1621. Burton, Anat. Mel., III. iv. I. iii. (1676), 406/1. Of Prophets, Enthusians and Impostors, our Ecclesiastical stories afford many examples.
1692. in Coles.
1707. E. Ward, Hudibras Rediv. (1715), II. viii. Those … confusions, Occasioned by such vile Enthusions [sic] Who had already robb’d the Throne.
