Definitions for gnosticˈnɒs tɪk
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
gnos•ticˈnɒs tɪk(adj.)gnos′ti•cal.
pertaining to knowledge.
possessing knowledge, esp. esoteric knowledge of spiritual matters.
(cap.) pertaining to or characteristic of the Gnostics.
Category: Religion
(n.)(cap.) a member of any of certain heretical early Christian mystical sects that claimed that matter was evil and denied that Christ had a natural corporeal existence.
Category: Religion
Origin of gnostic:
1555–65; < LL Gnōsticī (pl.) < Gk gnōstikós (sing.) pertaining to knowledge =gnōst(ós), v. adj. of gignṓskein to know+-ikos -ic
Gnos′ti•cism-təˌsɪz əm(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
Gnostic(adj)
an advocate of Gnosticism
Gnostic(adj)
of or relating to Gnosticism
"Gnostic writings"
gnostic(adj)
possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things
Wiktionary
Gnostic(Noun)
A believer in Gnosticism
Gnostic(Adjective)
Of, or relating to, intellectual or spiritual knowledge
Gnostic(Adjective)
Of, or relating to Gnosticism
Origin: From γνωστικός, from γνωστός, from γιγνώσκω.
Webster Dictionary
Gnostic(adj)
knowing; wise; shrewd
Gnostic(adj)
of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; as, the Gnostic heresy
Gnostic(noun)
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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