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Meaning of GNOSIS

Pronunciation:  'nowsis

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  intuitive knowledge of spiritual truths; said to have been possessed by ancient Gnostics
 

GNOSIS is a 6 letter word that starts with G.

 

 See Also: intuition

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gno"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. gnw^sis.] (Metaph.)
The deeper wisdom; knowledge of spiritual truth, such as was
claimed by the Gnostics.

 

 

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