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theosophic, a.|θiːəʊˈsɒfɪk|
[f. theosophy + -ic. Cf. F. théosophique (Diderot).]
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of theosophy; versed in theosophy. (Chiefly in reference to the school of Boehme; more recently = theosophical b.)
1649Ellistone tr. Behmen's Epist. vii. §24 He is a young companion of the Theosophic school. 1691E. Taylor (title) Jacob Boehmen's Theosophick Philosophy Unfolded. 1710R. Ward Life H. More 128 Such most Noble Truths, and Theosophick Mysteries are deliver'd in it. 1828Carlyle Misc., Werner (1872) I. 79 His French scepticism had got overlaid with wondrous theosophic garniture. 1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics i. v. (1860) I. 31 The mysticism I term theosophic aspires to know and believes itself in possession of a certain supernatural divine faculty for that purpose. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 60/2 Christian Science, a system of theosophic and therapeutic doctrine,..was originated..about 1866 by Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy. |