THEOSOPHY


Meaning of THEOSOPHY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -fē ]

noun

Etymology: Medieval Latin theosophia, from Late Greek, from Greek the- + sophia wisdom — more at -sophy

Date: 1650

1. : teaching about God and the world based on mystical insight

2. often capitalized : the teachings of a modern movement originating in the United States in 1875 and following chiefly Buddhist and Brahmanic theories especially of pantheistic evolution and reincarnation

• theo·soph·i·cal ˌthē-ə-ˈsä-fi-kəl adjective

• theo·soph·i·cal·ly -k(ə-)lē adverb

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