Definition of: Apostolici

(ap′ə·stol′ə·sī) noun plural
1. A third century Gnostic sect practicing a strict asceticism for which they claimed apostolic precedent.
2. A similar German sect of the 12th century.
3. An Italian sect of the 13th and 14th centuries which advocated absolute poverty and attacked the worldliness of the church.
4. An Anabaptist sect which practiced ceremonially the washing of feet. [ <L, apostolic <apostolus APOSTLE]