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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.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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