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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by Christian churches; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gnosticism \Gnos"ti*cism\, n.
   The system of philosophy taught by the Gnostics.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Gnosticism
    n 1: a religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to
         release a person's spiritual element; considered heresy by
         Christian churches