\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.