Gnosticism

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Gnosticism
    n 1: a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to
         release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by
         Christian churches

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gnosticism \Gnos"ti*cism\, n.
   The system of philosophy taught by the Gnostics.
   [1913 Webster]

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