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naassene
n. (context historical English) A member of an ancient Christian Gnostic sect who claimed to have been taught their doctrines by (w: Mariamne), a disciple of (w: James the Just)
Usage examples of "naassene".
The followers of Jesus, who were merely Jews embracing a different perspective, formed their own version of the Word, but so did the Carpocratians, the Essenes, the Naassenes, the Gnostics, and a hundred other emerging sects.