First Known Use: 1650
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theosophy
noun the·os·o·phy \-fē\
Definition of THEOSOPHY
1
: teaching about God and the world based on mystical insight
2
often capitalized : the teachings of a modern movement originating in the United States in 1875 and following chiefly Buddhist and Brahmanic theories especially of pantheistic evolution and reincarnation
— theo·soph·i·cal \ˌthē-ə-ˈsä-fi-kəl\ adjective
— theo·soph·i·cal·ly \-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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Origin of THEOSOPHY
Medieval Latin theosophia, from Late Greek, from Greek the- + sophia wisdom — more at -sophy
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