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Hermesians

Hermesians is the plural of Hermesian.

Meaning of Hermesian

Noun (1)

Hermesian (plural Hermesians)

  1. A follower of the theology of Georg Hermes.
    • Hermesians declare that what was condemned at Rome was not Hermes' teaching, but a libellous caricature of it. He himself always protested that his system did not touch any point of the Catholic faith.1951, James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, Louis Herbert Gray, Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics - Volumes 5-6, page 625

Noun (2)

Hermesian (plural Hermesians)

  1. Any of the Gnostics who contributed to writing the Hermetic Corpus.
    • Our object is only to mention the most celebrated of these alphabets of the Hermesians, ( or hieroglyphics, ) and to indicate their particular qualities; for nobody is capable of giving a satisfactory explanation of them all.1806, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī Ibn Waḥshīyah, Ancient Alphabets and Hieroglyphic Characters Explained

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Questions about Hermesians

What is Hermesians the plural of?
Hermesians is the plural of Hermesian.

Words near Hermesians in the dictionary

  1. hermeocentric
  2. Hermer
  3. Hermes
  4. Hermesian
  5. Hermesianism
  6. Hermesians
  7. hermetic
  8. hermetic seal
  9. hermetic seals
  10. hermetical
  11. hermetically

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