gnostic
[adjective]
Synonyms: wise, discerning, insighted, insightful, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, sagacious, sage, sophic

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gnostic adjective

1. 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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2. Gnostic
   connected 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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