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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gnostic /ˈnɒstɪk/

▶adjective

1 relating to knowledge, especially esoteric mystical knowledge.

2 (Gnostic) relating to Gnosticism.

▶noun (Gnostic) an adherent of Gnosticism.

– origin C16: via eccles. L. from Gk gnōstikos, from gnōstos ‘known’.

'gnostic' also found in these Oxford entries:

agnostic - Mandaean - Manichaeism

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