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单词 theosophical
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theosophicaladj.

/θiːəʊˈsɒfɪkəl/
Etymology: Formed as theosophic adj. + -al suffix1: see -ical suffix.
a. = theosophic adj.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > doctrine > doctrine concerning God or a god > [adjective] > theosophical
theosophical1642
theosophic1649
theosophistical1814
theosophistic1849
theosophizing1858
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. K5v That th' earth doth move, proofs Physicall Unto us do descrie; Adde reasons Theosophicall, Als' adde Astronomie.
1697 State Philadelphia Society 13 The Title Page of the Theosophical Transactions.
1830 E. B. Pusey Hist. Enq. ii. 351 To the theosophical fanatics, or a D. Hoffman, such a man, as he was, could not possibly assent.
1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood xii He had..often some theosophical theory to bring forward.
1886 Manch. Examiner 17 Feb. 3/3 Boehme is anything but a dealer in mere theosophical enigmas.
b. Of or belonging to theosophy n. 2. Theosophical Society, an association founded at New York, 1875, by Col. H. S. Olcott, Madame Blavatsky, and W. Q. Judge, its professed objects being: 1. to form the nucleus of a universal brotherhood; 2. to promote the study of Aryan and other Eastern literature, religions, and sciences; 3. to investigate the unfamiliar laws of nature and the faculties latent in man.
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the world > the supernatural > the occult > [adjective] > relating to theosophy
theosophistical1814
theosophical1881
theosophistic1886
theosophic1902
1881 A. P. Sinnett Occult World 35 Assisted by some other persons whose interest in the subject was kindled by occasional manifestations of her extraordinary powers, and notably by Colonel Olcott, its life-devoted President, she [Madame Blavatsky] founded the Theosophical Society.
1885 H. S. Olcott Theosophy Pref. 10 The Theosophical spirit of conceding to the people of all creeds the right of enjoying their religious convictions unmolested.
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