in ecclesiastical history, a sect of Socinians, so called from Stanislaus Farnovius, who se- parated from the other Unitarians in the year 1568, and was followed by several persons eminent for their learning. This sect did not last long; for having lost their chief, who died in 1615, it was scattered abroad and reduced to nothing. Farnovius was enga- ged by Gmelius to prefer the Arian system to that of the Socinians, and consequently affected, that Christ had been produced out of nothing by the Supreme Be- ing before the creation of this terrestrial globe. His sentiments concerning the Holy Ghost are not certain- ly known; however, it appears that he warned his dis- ciples against paying the tribute of religious worship to the Divine Spirit.