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abraxas
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Abraxas (common name, the magpie moths) is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Cabalistic word, 1738, of uncertain origin.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abraxas \A*brax"as\, n. [A name adopted by the Egyptian Gnostic Basilides, containing the Greek letters [alpha], [beta], [rho], [alpha], [xi], [alpha], [sigma], which, as numerals, amounted to 365. It was used to signify the supreme deity as ruler of the ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context gnosticism historical English) A mistaken transcription of Abrasax .
Usage examples of abraxas.
That the strange name, Abraxas, sprouting simultaneously in the minds of three people, belonged to a real person?
The job of my task force is to establish Abraxas and his good works all over the world.
He would make no other contribution to Abraxas or his murdering council.
The purpose of those killings could only have been to dupe whoever was on the receiving end of those subconscious television messages into believing that this Abraxas character is some sort of Lone Ranger, spreading good wherever he goes.
Good or bad, saint or killer, Abraxas had taken their minds and swallowed them whole.
The same can be done on a larger scale, bringing the message of Abraxas to millions.
Although the masses will flock to the Plan of Abraxas, those wielding power and money will not easily give up their privileges for the good of society.
LePat took up the name of Abraxas in a chant, and the others joined him.
Out of the rubble of this body, I created Abraxas anew, Abraxas the perfect god, the giver of life, the force of good and evil, because it was my destiny to do so.
It was possible that Abraxas was nowhere Remo could reach him before the precious minutes were up.
In the sudden brightness he saw Abraxas, first screaming in terror as the ocean rushed toward him, then pitching with the force of the water.
I can assure you I have quite a lot at my disposal all kinds of different spells fee faw fums, mumbo jumbos, abraxas, love potions, he glanced quickly at the queen here and added, though I see you have no need of the last of those, having a very beautiful wife whom you love to distraction.
Guard Captain arrived, he told me that I could either stay in jail all night and face trial in the morning or I could trust in the judgment of the gods by being in the front ranks of the defenders when Abraxas attacked that evening.
It seems that a special alignment of the planets would open a vortex to the Void that night, releasing Abraxas and his Demon Horde.
Their origins are a matter of record, in the merger nineteen years ago of the depraved Temple of Abraxas with a discredited house of surgical software, Frewin Maisang Tobermory.