Gnosticism
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<h1 class="word__name--TTbAA" title="Origin and meaning of gnosis">gnosis (n.)</h1>
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<p>"knowledge," especially "special knowledge of spiritual mysteries," 1703, from Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">gnōsis</span>
"a knowing, knowledge; a judicial inquiry, investigation; a being
known," in Christian writers, "higher knowledge of spiritual things,"
from PIE <span class="foreign notranslate">gnō-ti-</span>, from root <a class="crossreference notranslate" href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/gno-?ref=etymonline_crossreference">*gno-</a> "to know."</p>
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<h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to gnosis">Related Entries</h3>
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<li class="related__word--3Si0N">*gno-</li>
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