GNOSTIC
\nˈɒstɪk], \nˈɒstɪk], \n_ˈɒ_s_t_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of GNOSTIC
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; as, the Gnostic heresy.
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One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental theology and Greek philosophy with the doctrines of Christianity. They held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are derived from the Deity by successive emanations, which they called Eons.
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One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation of the Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental theology and Greek philosophy with the doctrines of Christianity. They held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual, and material, are derived from the Deity by successive emanations, which they called Eons.
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Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; as, the heresy.
By Noah Webster.
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One of a sect in the beginning of the Christian era who pretended that they alone had a true knowledge of religion.
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Pertaining to the Gnostics or their doctrines: knowing; well-informed; skillful. Sir W. Scott.
By Daniel Lyons
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Pertaining to the gnostics or to gnosticism.
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One belonging to a sect of the early Christian Church that affected gnosticism.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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