HYLIC

Etymology

Adjective

hylic (not comparable)

Having to do with, or of the nature of, matter.

Synonyms

• hyletic

• material

Noun

hylic (plural hylics)

(gnosticism) The basest type of man in the gnostic theologian Valentinus' triadic grouping; a person focused on neither intellectual (psychic) nor spiritual (pneumatic) reality.

Source: Wiktionary


Hyl"ic, a.

Definition: Of or pertaining to matter; material; corporeal; as, hylic influences.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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