CAINITE


Meaning of CAINITE in English

/kay"nuyt/ , n.

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

[ Cainita (see CAIN, -ITE 1 ; cf. LL Caianus with same sense) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .