ophite

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- Any of various eruptive or metamorphic rocks which have spots or markings like a snake and are usually green; serpentine.


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century; earliest use found in Robert Dallington (b. 1561), author and courtier. From classical Latin ophītēs ophites


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A member of an early Gnostic sect which worshipped the serpent.


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century; earliest use found in Edward Topsell (d. 1625), Church of England clergyman and author. From post-classical Latin Ophitae (late 2nd or early 3rd century in Tertullian) from Hellenistic Greek Ὀϕῖται, plural of Ὀϕίτης from ancient Greek ὄϕις serpent + -ίτης




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