ˌkärpəˈkrāshən noun
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Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Medieval Latin Carpocratianus, from Greek Karpokratianos, from Karpokratēs Carpocrates, 2d century A.D. Alexandrian Gnostic + -ianos -ian
: a follower of Carpocrates who taught that men can attain to a higher degree of illumination than that of Jesus — compare gnosticism