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noun

secret spiritual knowledge; knowledge of spiritual truths

1982John CoyneThe ShroudThe Gnostics believed that we can learn to know God by knowing ourselves. That's where they got their name: 'gnostic' comes from 'gnosis,' the Greek word for knowledge.1998Patrick TilleyMissionMan had to live and work in the 'Braxian world but, by liberating the Celestial power within himself through gnosis—the acquisition of self-knowledge—he could make it a better place to live in.

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