Libellatĭci, in der ersten Kirche diejenigen Christen, welche sich aus Furcht vor Verfolgung von heidnischen Obrigkeiten, deuen sie heimlich ihren Abfall versicherten, Scheine auswirkten, daß sie den römischen Göttern geopfert hätten, od. diesen eine Absagungsschrift ihres Glaubens einhändigten. Brannten sie den Göttern wirklich Weihrauch an, so hießen sie Sacrificati; die L. gehörten zu den Lapsi (s.d.).
Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.
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