connected with knowledge, especially mystical knowledge (= knowledge of spiritual things discovered through prayer rather than through reason and the senses) 不可知论者： 与知识，尤其是神秘知识相关联gnostic belief systems 诺斯替信仰体系
- Gnostic
connected with Gnosticism 侏儒： 与诺斯替教有关the Gnostic gospels 诺斯替福音
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a noun): via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek gnōstikos, from gnōstos ‘known’, (related to gignōskein ‘know’).