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Definition of Ophite
1. a. Of or pertaining to a serpent.
2. n. A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene has been altered to uralite; -- first found in the Pyreness. So called from the colored spots which give it a mottled appearance.
3. n. A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century.
Definition of Ophite
1. Noun. (geology) Any of various rocks having snake-like markings. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
2. Adjective. (rare) Serpent-like; ophidian. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ophite
1. an igneous rock [n -S] : OPHITIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Ophite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ophite
Literary usage of Ophite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Isis Unveiled: A Master Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1919)
"IN INDIA IN CHALDAEA ophite SYSTEM Viraj, the Son Bel, the Son Ophis (another
... Virgin Nart (the mother of perpetual fecundity) IN THE ophite SYSTEM The ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1874)
"... nest^. layers, and irregular lumps, of serpentine, and other mineral silicates,
that give it the character of ophite. Some of the additional substances ..."
3. History of the Christian Church by John Fletcher Hurst (1897)
"The one who carried this battle to a successful close was Judas Iscariot.
Both Cain and Judas were vene- TWO ophite rated by the Cainites as sons of the ..."
4. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1904)
"Here only crush and contact breccias are noticeable, and the intrusions are of
every variety from typical ophite to typical ..."
5. Philosophumena: Or, the Refutation of All Heresies by Hippolytus, Origen (1921)
"... BOOK V THE ophite HERESIES p. 137. i. THESE are the contents of the 5th ...
Hippolytus treats of what is probably a late form of the ophite heresy, ..."
6. Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway (1879)
"Hindu myth — Gnostic theories — ophite scheme of redemption — Rabbinical traditions
of primitive man — Pauline Pessimism— Law of death—Satan's ownership of ..."
7. Report of the State Board of Geological Survey by Michigan Geological Survey, Alfred Church Lane (1907)
"ophite:—This is a typical ophite, and is exposed on the south side of Chippewa Hill.
... Macroscopic: This specimen is a typical dark colored ophite. ..."
8. Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway (1879)
"Hindu myth — Gnostic theories — ophite scheme of redemption — Rabbinical traditions
of primitive man — Pauline Pessimism— Law of death—Satan's ownership of ..."
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