Theosophy Definition

thē-ŏsə-fē
theosophies
noun
Religious philosophy or speculation about the nature of the soul based on mystical insight into the nature of God.
American Heritage

Any of various esoteric religious or semireligious occult systems or movements held to be based on special mystical insight, specif., a movement founded by Helena Blavatsky, incorporating elements of Buddhism and Hinduism.

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Other Word Forms of Theosophy

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theosophy
Plural:
theosophies

Origin of Theosophy

  • From Medieval Latin theosophia, from Ancient Greek θεοσοφία (thesophia, “knowledge of things divine"), from θεός (theos, “god") + σοφία (sophia, “wisdom"); alternatively, theo- +"Ž -sophy.

    From Wiktionary

  • Medieval Latin theosophia from Late Greek theosophiā Greek theo- theo- Greek sophiā wisdom

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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