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Webster 1913 Edition

Gnostic

Gnos′tic

,
Adj.
1.
Knowing; wise; shrewd.
[Old Slang]
I said you were a
gnostic
fellow.
Sir W. Scott.
2.
(Eccl. Hist.)
Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents;
as, the
Gnostic
heresy
.

Gnos′tic

,
Noun.
[L.
gnosticus
, Gr. [GREEK] good at knowing, sagacious; as a n., man that claims to have a deeper wisdom, fr.
γιγνώσκειν
to know: cf. F.
gnostique
. See
Know
.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gnostic

GNOS'TIC

,
Noun.
nostic. [L. gnosticus; Gr. to know.]
The Gnostics were a sect of philosophers that arose in the first ages of christianity, who pretended they were the only men who had a true knowledge of the christian religion. They formed for themselves a system of theology, agreeable to the philosophy of Pythagoras and Plato, to which they accommodated their interpretations of scripture. They held that all natures, intelligible, intellectual and material, are derived by successive emanations from the infinite fountain of deity. These emanations they called oeons. These doctrines were derived from the oriental philosophy.

GNOS'TIC

,
Adj.
nostic. Pertaining to the Gnostics or their doctrines.

Definition 2024

Gnostic

Gnostic

See also: gnostic

English

Adjective

Gnostic ‎(not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to, intellectual or spiritual knowledge
  2. Of, or relating to Gnosticism

Translations

Noun

Gnostic ‎(plural Gnostics)

  1. A believer in Gnosticism

Translations

Anagrams

gnostic

gnostic

See also: Gnostic

English

Adjective

gnostic

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Gnostic
    • 1988, September 16, “Robert McClory”, in Heal Thy Neighbor:
      Maggie (as she is usually called) says she is constantly amazed at Kast's "almost gnostic outlook" on life.
  2. (archaic, slang) knowing; wise; shrewd
    • Sir Walter Scott
      I said you were a d—d gnostic fellow.

Noun

gnostic ‎(plural gnostics)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Gnostic

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

From French gnostique, from Ancient Greek γνωστικός ‎(gnōstikós, “relating to knowledge”), from γνωστός ‎(gnōstós, “known”), from γιγνώσκω ‎(gignṓskō, “I know”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈgnos.tik/

Adjective

gnostic m, n ‎(feminine singular gnostică, masculine plural gnostici, feminine and neuter plural gnostice)

  1. Gnostic; of or pertaining to Gnosticism

Declension

Noun

gnostic m ‎(plural gnostici, feminine equivalent gnostică)

  1. a Gnostic; an adherent of Gnosticism

Declension

See also

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γνωστικός ‎(gnōstikós, “relating to knowledge”), from γνωστός ‎(gnōstós, “known”), from γιγνώσκω ‎(gignṓskō, “I know”).

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