a. [ad. L. Tiberiānus, f. Tiberius (see def.) + -ānus, -AN.] Of or pertaining to (a) Tiberius, emperor of Rome 14–37 A.D. (also fig.), (b) the town of Tiberias in Galilee, where the Masoreth or Masora was formed.
1601. Holland, Pliny (1634), I. 439. The Tyberian peares beare the name of Tiberius the Emperor, for that of all others he loued that fruit best.
1659. Owen, Integr, Hebrew & Grk. Text, Wks. 1853, XVI. 392. The points and accents were invented by the Tiberian Masoretes.
1742. Young, Nt. Th., V. 815. Tiberian arts his purposes wrap up In deep dissimulation’s darkest night.
1837. R. Wilson, Pleas. Piety, V. 115. I see Him seated on a hill Near the Tiberian lake.
