gnosis
gnosis definition
gno·sis (nō′sis)
noun
knowledge of spiritual things, esp. a secret and superior knowledge limited to an elite few, such as the Gnostics claimed to have
Etymology: LL(Ec) < Gr gnōsis, knowledge < gignōskein, to know
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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