1) An advocate of Gnosticism 2) Believer in a demiurge 3) Believer that matter is evil 4) Early christian 5) Heresy 6) Of or relating to Gnosticism 7) Of spiritual knowledge 8) Pertaining to knowledge 9) Religious doctrine 10) Theological doctrine 11) Unorthodoxy
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• (a.) Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; as, the Gnostic heresy. • (n.) 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 th...
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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 successiv...
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Gnos'tic adjective 1. Knowing; wise; shrewd. [ Old Slang] « I said you were a
gnostic fellow.»
Sir W. Scott. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; as, the
Gnostic heresy.
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Gnos'tic noun [ Latin
gnosticus , Greek ... good at knowing, sagacious; as a noun , man that claims to have a deeper wisdom, from
gignw`skein to know: confer French
gnostique . See
Know .]
(Eccl. Hist.) One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of Christ...
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[
adj] - of or relating to Gnosticism 2. [adj] - possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things 3. [n] - an advocate of gnosticism
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gnostic 1. Pertaining to knowledge. 2. Possessing knowledge; especially, esoteric knowledge of spiritual matters. 3. When capitalized, pertaining to or characteristic of the Gnostics. 4. Of, relating to, or possessing intellectual or spiritual knowledge. A member of any of certain sects among the early Christians who claimed to have superior kno...
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adjective possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things
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Family of early Christian heresies that were purported to contain the secrets of the universe.
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pertaining to knowledge. · possessing knowledge, esp. esoteric knowledge of spiritual matters. · (cap.) pertaining to or characteristic of the Gnostics.
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