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单词 cainite
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Cainite

[ key-nahyt ]
/ ˈkeɪ naɪt /

noun

a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.

Origin of Cainite

<Medieval Latin Cainīta (see cain, -ite1; compare Late Latin Caiānus with same sense)

Words nearby Cainite

cain, Cain and Abel, Cain complex, Caine, Caingang, Cainite, caino-, cainogenesis, cainotophobia, Cainozoic, caïque
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Example sentences from the Web for Cainite

  • In the meantime the holy men bewailed his wretched lot, as if he had been slain by the Cainite hypocrites.

    Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II|Martin Luther
  • Thus the division between the Cainite and Sethite races early became accentuated by a sectarian distinction as well.

    The Meeting-Place of Geology and History|Sir John William Dawson
  • This faith the other church, the Cainite church, not only has not, but ever persecutes it where she finds it.

    Commentary on Genesis, Vol. I|Martin Luther
  • But the Cainite wrath fires and distorts the eyes, scowls the brow, swells the cheeks with rage, and arms the hands.

    Commentary on Genesis, Vol. I|Martin Luther
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