Areopagite

[ ar-ee-op-uh-jahyt, -gahyt ]

/ ˌær iˈɒp əˌdʒaɪt, -ˌgaɪt /

a member of the council of the Areopagus.

Origin of Areopagite

< Latin Arēopagītēs < Greek Areiopagī́tēs a member of the Areopagus; see -ite¹

Ar·e·op·a·git·ic

[ar-ee-op-uh-jit-ik] /ˌær iˌɒp əˈdʒɪt ɪk/, adjective

Dionysius, the Areopagite, was an Athenian by birth, and educated in all the useful and ornamental literature of Greece.

Fox's Book of Martyrs |John Foxe
Few biblical characters have been so surrounded with a haze of fable as Dionysius the Areopagite.

The Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 2 |G. T. Stokes
Dionysius the Areopagite indeed is not more exact in his calendar of the celestial hierarchy.

Magic and Witchcraft |Anonymous
Lastly, the word "life" implies motion, as is clear from Denis the Areopagite.

On Prayer and The Contemplative Life |St. Thomas Aquinas

The Dion of the story is Dionysius the Areopagite in his youth, and before his conversion.

Catholic World, Vol. XIII, April to September, 1871 |Various

Areopagite

/ (ˌærɪˈɒpədʒaɪt) /

a member of the Areopagus, a judicial council of ancient Athens that met on the hill of that name