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  1. 1. a. Knowing; wise; shrewd. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; as, the Gnostic heresy. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. of or relating to Gnosticism Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. an advocate of Gnosticism Source: wordnet
  6. 6. adj. possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 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. 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. Source: webster
  8. 8. Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; as, theGnostic heresy. Source: adambom
  9. 9. j:100 n. an advocate of Gnosticism a. of or relating to Gnosticism a. possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things Source: ecdict

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