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1. (Also,) gnostic
pertaining to knowledge.
2. gnostic
possessing knowledge, esp. esoteric knowledge of spiritual matters.
3. gnostic
(cap.) pertaining to or characteristic of the Gnostics.
4. (n.) gnostic
(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.
Etymology: (1555–65; < LL Gnōsticī (pl.) < Gk gnōstikós (sing.) pertaining to knowledge =gnōst(ós), v. adj. of
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1. (adj) Gnostic
an advocate of Gnosticism
2. (adj) Gnostic
of or relating to Gnosticism
"Gnostic writings"
3. (adj) gnostic
possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things
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1. (adj) gnostic
knowing; wise; shrewd
2. (adj) gnostic
of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; as, the Gnostic heresy
3. (noun) gnostic
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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