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noun intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths; said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs)der. English gnosis Derived from Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs, “knowledge”).
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