gnostic
adjective/ˈnɒstɪk/
/ˈnɑːstɪk/
- connected with knowledge, especially mystical knowledge (= knowledge of spiritual things discovered through prayer rather than through reason and the senses)
- gnostic belief systems
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- Gnosticconnected with Gnosticism
- the Gnostic gospels
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a noun): via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek gnōstikos, from gnōstos ‘known’, (related to gignōskein ‘know’).
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