
Noah Webster
Pelagic
PEL'AGIC, adjective [Latin pelagus, the sea.] Pertaining to the sea; as pelagian shells.
PELA'GIAN, noun [from Pelagius, a native of Great Britain, who lived in the fourth century.] A follower of Pelagius, a monk of Banchor or Bangor, who denied original sin, and asserted the doctrine of free will and the merit of good works.
PELA'GIAN, adjective Pertaining to Pelagius and his doctrines.