knowledge of spiritual things, esp. a secret and superior knowledge limited to an elite few, such as the Gnostics claimed to have
Origin of gnosis
Ecclesiastical Late Latin from Classical Greek gn?sis, knowledge from gign?skein, to knowgnosis
gno·sis-gnosis
knowledge, recognition: diagnosis
Origin of -gnosis
from Classical Greek gn?sis: see gnosisWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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gnosis
noun
Intuitive apprehension of spiritual truths, an esoteric form of knowledge sought by the Gnostics.
Origin of gnosis
Greek gnōsis knowledge from gignōskein gnō- to know ; see gnō- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural gnoses)
- (Gnosticism) An immanent form of knowledge or transcendent insight, such as sought by the Gnostics.
- Act or process of knowing.
- (occult) An altered state of awareness in which the will is magically effective.
- agnostic
- gnosiology
- Gnostic
- Gnosticism
Origin
From Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnō̃sis, “knowledge”).
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