transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnɔstɪk ]
adj. & n. --adj. 1 relating to knowledge, esp. esoteric mystical knowledge. 2 (Gnostic) concerning the Gnostics; occult; mystic. --n. (Gnostic) (usu. in pl.) a Christian heretic of the 1st-3rd c. claiming gnosis. øøGnosticism n. gnosticize v.tr. & intr. [eccl.L gnosticus f. Gk gnostikos (as GNOSIS)]