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gnostic
1[ nos-tik ]
adjective
- pertaining to knowledge.
- possessing knowledge, especially esoteric knowledge of spiritual matters.
- (initial capital letter) pertaining to or characteristic of the Gnostics.
noun
- (initial capital letter) a member of any of certain sects among the early Christians who claimed to have superior knowledge of spiritual matters, and explained the world as created by powers or agencies arising as emanations from the Godhead.
Gnostic
1/ ˈnɒstɪk /
noun
- an adherent of Gnosticism
adjective
- of or relating to Gnostics or to Gnosticism
gnostic
2/ ˈnɒstɪk /
adjective
- of, relating to, or possessing knowledge, esp esoteric spiritual knowledge
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Derived Forms
- ˈgnostically, adverb
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Other Words From
- gnosti·cal·ly adverb
- anti·gnostic adjective noun
- anti·gnosti·cal adjective
- un·gnostic adjective
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Example Sentences
We also have the Gnostic Gospels, discovered in 1947 and adding a wealth of insights into early Christian thinking.
I have been unable to discover any gnostic gem with anything like a modern dragon on it.
He says these scandalous figures resemble those in the Gnostic churches.
Hence, on the other hand, the wild rebound into licentiousness which has sometimes characterized Gnostic or Manichaean sects.
The real root of the difficulty to Platonist as to Gnostic was his sharp antithesis of form as good and matter as evil.
This idea was undoubtedly suggested to him by the threefold division of mankind according to the Gnostic p. 265system.
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