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‖ abraxas
Also abrasax.
A cabalistic word used as a charm and sometimes inscribed on gems for that purpose.
1738Warburton Div. Legat. II. 153 These Gems called Abraxas. 1828R. Walsh Anc. Coins (ed. 2) 39 The word Abrasax, sometimes spelled Abraxas, was the great mystery of the Gnostics. 1898T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin i. §6. 37 He had a large collection of amulets, Gnostic gems and abraxas stones. 1905Farnell Evol. Relig. iv. 188 In certain Egyptian papyri containing Abraxas prayers, we find the prayer coupled with the reminder that the petitioner knows the divine mystic name. |