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Archons

A chief magistrate of ancient Athens.

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noun
  1. 1

    A chief magistrate of ancient Athens.

  2. 2

    A person who claims the right to rule, or to exercise power or sovereign authority over other human beings.

  3. 3

    A ruler, head of state or other leader.

  4. 4

    (gnosticism) A supernatural being subordinate to the Demiurge.

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decennialnounSynonym of decade, a ten-year period.
demiurgenoun(Platonic philosophy) The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.
anunnakinoun(Mesopotamian mythology) A group of Sumerian, Akkadian and Babylonian deities in no known particular order including but not limited to Enki, Enlil, Ninlil and 'known as the fourth' Enbilulu.
cosmogonynounThe study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.
gnosticismnounA wide variety of Jewish and early Christian sects having an interest in gnosis, or divine knowledge, and generally holding the belief that there is a god greater than the Demiurge, or the creator of the world.
gnosisnounThe act or process of knowing in general.
ahura mazdanoun(Zoroastrianism) The divinity exalted by Zoroaster as the one uncreated Creator, or God.
arianismnoun(Christianity) A Christological doctrine, condemned as heretical by the First Council of Nicaea, which holds that Jesus was created by God, rather than being God himself.
luciferiannounAn adherent of Luciferianism.
occultistnounA person who practises or studies occultism; a practitioner of, or person learned in, the occult.
zoroasternounAn ancient Iranian prophet after whom the indigenous Iranian ethnic religion, Zoroastrianism, is named, also venerated in Mithraism.
divinitiesnoun(uncountable) The state, position, or fact of being a god or God. [from 14th c.]
supernaturalismnounA belief in the doctrine of supernatural or divine agency as manifested in the world, in human events, religious revelation, miracles, etc.
hellenistnounA specialist in the study of Greek language, literature, culture, or history, or an admirer of the Greek culture and civilization.
vicegerentnounThe official administrative deputy of a ruler, head of state, or church official.
mysticsnounSomeone who practices mysticism.
cosmologiesnounA person who studies cosmology.
sadduceesnouna sect of Jews active in Judea during the Second Temple period, from the second century BCE to the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE.
godheadnounThe divine nature of God as an abstract entity.
edomitesnoun

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