[ad. L. arēopagītes, a. Gr. ἀρειοπαγῑτης: see AREOPAGUS and -ITE.] A member of the court of Areopagus.

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1382.  Wyclif, Acts xvii. 34. Dionyse Ariopagite, or greet man of comun scole.

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1430.  Lydg., Chron. Troy, I. v. Dyonysyous Whiche … Was called in scholes Ariopagyte.

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1616.  Holyday, Juvenal, 180. As secret as the Athenian court of the Areopagites.

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1807.  Robinson, Archæol. Græca, I. xiv. 62. After they had once become Areopagites.

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