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Agnostic
Agnostic Ag*nos"tic, n.
One who professes ignorance, or denies that we have any
knowledge, save of phenomena; one who supports agnosticism,
neither affirming nor denying the existence of a personal
Deity, a future life, etc.
Agnosticism
Agnosticism Ag*nos"ti*cism, n.
That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts
nor denies. Specifically: (Theol.) The doctrine that the
existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be
neither proved nor disproved, because of the necessary limits
of the human mind (as sometimes charged upon Hamilton and
Mansel), or because of the insufficiency of the evidence
furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a
positive conclusion (as taught by the school of Herbert
Spencer); -- opposed alike dogmatic skepticism and to
dogmatic theism.
Diagnostic
Diagnostic Di`ag*nos"tic, a. [Gr. ? able to distinguish, fr.
?: cf. F. diagnostique.]
Pertaining to, or furnishing, a diagnosis; indicating the
nature of a disease.
Diagnostic
Diagnostic Di`ag*nos"tic, n.
The mark or symptom by which one disease is known or
distinguished from others.
DiagnosticateDiagnosticate Di`ag*nos"ti*cate, v. t. & i. [From
Diagnostic.]
To make a diagnosis of; to recognize by its symptoms, as a
disease. Diagnostics
Diagnostics Di`ag*nos"tics, n.
That part of medicine which has to do with ascertaining the
nature of diseases by means of their symptoms or signs.
His rare skill in diagnostics. --Macaulay.
Gnostic
Gnostic Gnos"tic, a.
1. Knowing; wise; shrewd. [Old Slang]
I said you were a gnostic fellow. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) Of or pertaining to Gnosticism or its
adherents; as, the Gnostic heresy.
GnosticGnostic Gnos"tic, n. [L. gnosticus, Gr. ? good at knowing,
sagacious; as a n., man that claims to have a deeper wisdom,
fr. gignw`skein to know: cf. F. gnostique. See Know.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of the so-called philosophers in the first ages of
Christianity, who claimed a true philosophical interpretation
of the Christian religion. Their system combined Oriental
theology and Greek philosophy with the doctrines of
Christianity. They held that all natures, intelligible,
intellectual, and material, are derived from the Deity by
successive emanations, which they called Eons. Gnosticism
Gnosticism Gnos"ti*cism, n.
The system of philosophy taught by the Gnostics.
Monostich
Monostich Mon"o*stich, n. [Gr. ?, from ? consisting of one
verse; ? single + ? line, verse.]
A composition consisting of one verse only.
MonostichousMonostichous Mo*nos"ti*chous (m[-o]*n[o^]s"t[i^]*k[u^]s), a.
[See Monostich.] (Bot.)
Arranged in a single row on one side of an axis, as the
flowers in grasses of the tribe Chlorid[ae]. Prenostic
Prenostic Pre*nos"tic, n. [L. praenoscere to foreknow; prae
before + noscere, notum, to know.]
A prognostic; an omen. [Obs.] --Gower.
PrognosticPrognostic Prog*nos"tic, a. [Gr. ?. See Prognosis.]
Indicating something future by signs or symptoms;
foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms
of a disease; prognostic signs. PrognosticPrognostic Prog*nos"tic, n. [L. prognosticum, Gr. ?: cf. F.
pronostic, prognostic. See Prognostic, a.]
1. That which prognosticates; a sign by which a future event
may be known or foretold; an indication; a sign or omen;
hence, a foretelling; a prediction.
That choice would inevitably be considered by the
country as a prognostic of the highest import.
--Macaulay.
2. (Med.) A sign or symptom indicating the course and
termination of a disease. --Parr.
Syn: Sign; omen; presage; token; indication. Prognostic
Prognostic Prog*nos"tic, v. t.
To prognosticate. [Obs.]
Prognosticable
Prognosticable Prog*nos"tic*a*ble, a.
Capable of being prognosticated or foretold. --Sir T. Browne.
Prognostication
Prognostication Prog*nos`ti*ca"tion, n. [Cf. F.
prognostication.]
1. The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by
present signs; prediction.
2. That which foreshows; a foretoken. --Shak.
Prognosticator
Prognosticator Prog*nos"ti*ca`tor, n.
One who prognosticates; a foreknower or foreteller of a
future course or event by present signs. --Isa. xlvii. 13.
Pyrognostic
Pyrognostic Pyr`og*nos"tic, a. [Pyro- + Gr. ? to know.] (Min.)
Of or pertaining to characters developed by the use of heat;
pertaining to the characters of minerals when examined before
the blowpipe; as, the pyrognostic characters of galena.
Pyrognostics
Pyrognostics Pyr`og*nos"tics, n. pl. (Min.)
The characters of a mineral observed by the use of the
blowpipe, as the degree of fusibility, flame coloration, etc.
Meaning of Nostic from wikipedia
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Gnosticism (from
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Ludmila (used for the cult)
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fragment of the
staff of
Moses Nostic Plenary, or
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jointly by the two
ethnic groups in El Teúl in 1592 and
another one in
Nostic in 1702. The ****chol language, Wixarika, is a Uto-Aztecan
language (Corachol...
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Acaponeta in 1593, one led by
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province of
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statue from the
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monument was
placed in the
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Republic Castle in Měšice Měšice František Václav
Nostic-Rieneck Czech
Republic Ořechov
Castle Ořechov Czech
Republic Palace at...
- Černín [cs] 1689 1700 František Antonín
Berka of Dubá [cs] 1701 1706 Antonín Jan
Nostic [cs] 1706 1708 Jan Václav Gallas [cs] 1708 1719 Jan
Josef Valdštejn [cs]...
- 1748 1771
Karel Egon I of Fürstenberg [cs] 1771 1782 František Antonín
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