Definitions for nag hammadi
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Princeton's WordNet
Nag Hammadi(noun)
a town in Upper Egypt
Nag Hammadi, Nag Hammadi Library(noun)
a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism
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