Definition of "Tertullian"

Tertullian

/tɜːˈtʌli.ən/

proper noun
1. A Roman cognomen, in particular borne by the Christian theologian Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus from Carthage.
adjective
not comparable
1. Of, relating to, or in the style or manner of Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus from Carthage.
  Quotations
  And so the Malay C.P.O. listened, with a Tertullian willingness to believe, to the white men's stories.
  1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 604