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roman-fleuve RO-mawn FLAERV noun a tremendously long novel or even longer series of books that tell the story of the life of a single person or the lives of members of a family, community, or other affiliated group 1997TimequakeIf there had been a significant body of potential book-buyers who might care about rich German-Americans in Indianapolis, it would have been a piece of cake for me to bang out a roman-fleuve demonstrating that my grandfather in fact murdered my mother, albeit very slowly, by double-crossing her so long ago.1998MissionI was not God, or the Presence, or whatever you choose to call the author of this roman-fleuve.1999Vittorio the VampirePerhaps when my book is finished and gone from my hands, I may take steps to become somehow a character in that grand roman-fleuve begun by other vampires in San Francisco or New Orleans.Labels: Anne Rice, Kurt Vonnegut, Patrick Tilley
gnosis NO-suhs noun secret spiritual knowledge; knowledge of spiritual truths 1982The 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.1998MissionMan 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.Labels: John Coyne, Patrick Tilley
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