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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
1997Kurt VonnegutTimequakeIf 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.1998Patrick TilleyMissionI was not God, or the Presence, or whatever you choose to call the author of this roman-fleuve.1999Anne RiceVittorio 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.

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gnosis
NO-suhs
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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