Look up: Ophite

1. Ophite
   O'phite adjective [ Greek 'ofi`ths , from 'o`fis a serpent.] Of or pertaining to a serpent. [ Obsolete]
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2. Ophite
   O'phite noun [ Latin ophites , Greek 'ofi`ths (sc. ...), a kind of marble spotted like a serpent: confer French ophite .] (Min.) A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene has been altered to uralite; -- f...
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3. Ophite
   O'phite noun [ Latin Ophitae , plural See Ophite , adjective ] (Eccl.Hist.) A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century.
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4. ophite
   <chemical> A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene has been altered to uralite; first found in the Pyreness. So called from the coloured spots which give it a mottled appearance. Ophi'ic. ... Origin: L. Ophites, Gr. (sc), a kind of marble spotted like a serpent: cf. F. Ophi...
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5. Ophite
   • (a.) Of or pertaining to a serpent. • (a.) A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century. • (n.) A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene has been altered to uralite; -- first found in the Pyreness. So called from the colored spots which give...
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6. Ophite
   (from Greek ophis, `serpent`), member of any of several Gnostic sects that flourished in the Roman Empire during the 2nd century and for several ... [2 related articles]
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7. ophite
   Ophite, ophite 1. When capitalized, Ophite, a member of a sect which arose about the 2nd century B.C., who paid reverence to the serpent as an embodiment of divine wisdom. 2. Lower case, ophite, of the nature of or resembling a serpent; of a sinuous form; serpentine.
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