单词 | archontic |
释义 | archonticadj.n. A. adj. Of or pertaining to an archon. ΘΚΠ society > law > legislation > legislator > [adjective] > in ancient Athens archontic1865 1865 G. Grote Plato I. ix. 311 The archontic office. B. n. One of a sect of Gnostic heretics in the 2nd century, who held that the world was created by archontes (ἄρχοντες). See archon n.2 3. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > major early Christian sects > Gnosticism > [noun] > person > archontic archontic1607 1607 T. Rogers Faith, Doctr., & Relig. 111 The Symbonia of the Archontikes. 1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 46 Some [turn] Archonticks, some Ætians. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Archonticks, Archontici,..a Sect of Hereticks, who arose towards the Close of the second Century... They were thus called..by reason they held the World to have been created by the Angels. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.n.1607 |
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