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theosophistic, a.|θiːɒsəʊˈfɪstɪk|
[f. prec. + -ic.]
Of the nature of or pertaining to a theosophist or theosophy (in sense 1).
1849Lady Wilde tr. Meinhold's Sidonia Sorc. iii. xiii. II. 184 note, The theosophistic, cabalistic Dr. Joel. 1856C. J. Ellicott in Cambr. Ess. 169 The main facts of Christianity..interwoven with the theosophistic speculations, the mystical doctrines..that were so dear to the hybrid Christian of Alexandria. 1857― Comm. Col. Introd. (1861) 111 To warn the Colossians against a system of false teaching, partly Oriental and Theosophistic in its character, and partly Judaical and ceremonial. 1897Daily News 5 Feb. 6/7 The theurgic and theosophistic obscurities of Kabbalistic writings.
b. Of or pertaining to theosophy (in sense 2).
1886Athenæum 9 Jan. 68/3 Mr. Cumberland..in India is studying theosophistic philosophy on the spot.
So theosoˈphistical a., in same sense (but with disparaging implication).
1814Shelley Refut. Deism Prose Wks. 1888 I. 292 To shew how much the cause of natural and revealed Religion has suffered from the mode of defence adopted by Theosophistical Christians. 1894Westm. Gaz. 16 Nov. 4/2 The disingenuousness of this very Theosophistical letter. |
