Eccl. Hist. [ad. L. libellāticus, f. libellus: see LIBEL sb. Cf. F. libellatiques sb. pl.] A Christian who, under persecution, obtained from a magistrate a false certificate that he had sacrificed to the heathen gods.
1854. J. C. Robertson, Hist. Chr. Ch., 109. It was agreed that the Libellatics who had been penitent should be forthwith admitted to communion.
