gnostic
(adjective) possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual things
Gnostic
(adjective) of or relating to Gnosticism; “Gnostic writings”
Gnostic
(noun) an advocate of Gnosticism
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Gnostic (not comparable)
Of, or relating to, intellectual or spiritual knowledge
Of, or relating to Gnosticism
Gnostic (plural Gnostics)
A believer in Gnosticism
• cognits, contigs, costing, scoting
gnostic
Alternative letter-case form of Gnostic
(archaic, slang) knowing; wise; shrewd
gnostic (plural gnostics)
Alternative letter-case form of Gnostic
• cognits, contigs, costing, scoting
Source: Wiktionary
Gnos"tic, a.
1. Knowing; wise; shrewd. [Old Slang] I said you were a gnostic fellow. Sir W. Scott.
2. (Eccl. Hist.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its adherents; as, the Gnostic heresy.
Gnos"tic, n. Etym: [L. gnosticus, Gr. gignw`skein to know: cf. F. gnostique. See Know.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Definition: 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’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
