Oˈphitic, a.2 Eccl. Hist.
[f. Ophite n.2 + -ic.]
Of or belonging to the sect of the Ophites.
| 1865 tr. Strauss' New Life Jesus I. ii. xi. 84 Expressions..brought forward from an Ophitic work. 1867 Liddon Bampt. Lect. v. (1872) 217 We find Ophitic Gnostics..appealing to passages in St. John's Gospel. |