gnostic

-1 n. சமரச மறையியல் ஞானக் கோட்பாடுடைய முற்பட்டகாலக் கிறித்தவ சமயக்கிளையினர்.-2 a. மறையியல் ஞானம் சார்ந்த, முற்காலக் கிறித்தவ சமயக் கிளையினருக்குரிய, முற்காலக் கிறித்தவ சமயக் கிளையினர் கோட்பாட்டுக்குரிய.

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Gnos"tic, a. 1. Knowing; wise; shrewd. [Old Slang] I said you were a gnostic fellow. Sir W. Scott. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) Defn: 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.) Defn: 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. Gnos"tic, a. 1. Knowing; wise; shrewd. [Old Slang] I said you were a gnostic fellow. Sir W. Scott. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) Defn: 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.) Defn: 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.

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