01 a. Of or pertaining to a serpent.
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Of or pertaining to a serpent.[Obs.]
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3 senses · 3 variants
Webster, 1913
Ophite
· O·phite
· IPA /ˈoʊfaɪt/
02 n. A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene has been altered to uralite; -- first found in the Pyreness. So called from th…
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A greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene has been altered to uralite; -- first found in the Pyreness. So called from the colored spots which give it a mottled appearance.(Min.)
03 n. A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century.
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A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century.(Eccl. Hist.)