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theosophy

Pronunciation: /θɪˈɒsəfi/
Definition of theosophy

noun

[mass noun]
  • any of a number of philosophies maintaining that a knowledge of God may be achieved through spiritual ecstasy, direct intuition, or special individual relations, especially the movement founded in 1875 as the Theosophical Society by Helena Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907).

Derivatives

theosopher

noun

theosophic

Pronunciation: /θɪəˈsɒfɪk/
adjective

theosophical

Pronunciation: /θɪəˈsɒfɪk(ə)l/
adjective

theosophically

Pronunciation: /θɪəˈsɒfɪk(ə)li/
adverb

theosophist

noun

Origin:

mid 17th century: from medieval Latin theosophia, from late Greek, from theosophos 'wise concerning God', from theos 'god' + sophos 'wise'

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Definition of theosophy in the US English dictionary

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