An`ti*o"chi*an (?), a. 1.
Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder
of a sect of philosophers.
2. Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in
Syria.
Antiochian epoch (Chron.), a method of
computing time, from the proclamation of liberty granted to the city of
Antioch, about the time of the battle of Pharsalia, B.C. 48.