| 释义 |
choical, a.|ˈkəʊɪkəl|
[f. Gr. χοϊκός earthy (f. χοῦς dust) + -al1.]
A Gnostic term for: earthy.
1708H. Dodwell Explication 6 He supposes them [sc. human souls]..to be Hylical and Choical, not Cælestial. 1914R. M. Jones Spiritual Reformers p. xiii, There was in man..a visible body..believed to be composed, according to many of the Gnostics, of a subtle element..which they named the hylic body, and a sheath of gross earthly matter which they called the choical body. |