OPHITES

Noun

Ophites

plural of Ophite

Anagrams

• Ethiops, Peshito, ethiops, hot pies, hotpies, poiseth

Noun

ophites

plural of ophite

Anagrams

• Ethiops, Peshito, ethiops, hot pies, hotpies, poiseth

Source: Wiktionary


OPHITE

O"phite, a. Etym: [Gr.

Definition: Of or pertaining to a serpent. [Obs.]

O"phite, n. Etym: [L. ophites, Gr. ophite.] (Min.)

Definition: A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene has been altered to uralite; -- first found in the Pyreness. So called from the colored spots which give it a mottled appearance.

– O*phi"ic, a.

O"phite, n. Etym: [L. Ophitae, pl. See Ophite, a.] (Eccl.Hist.)

Definition: A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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