Brewer's: Quintilians

Disciples of Quintilia, held to be a prophetess. These heretical Christians made the Eucharist of bread and cheese, and allowed women to become priests and bishops.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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