Cainite

[ key-nahyt ]

/ ˈkeɪ naɪt /

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noun

a member of a Gnostic sect that exalted Cain and regarded the God of the Old Testament as responsible for evil.

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Origin of Cainite

<Medieval Latin Cainīta (see cain, -ite¹; compare Late Latin Caiānus with same sense)

Words nearby Cainite

caiman lizard, cain, Cain and Abel, Caine, Caingang, Cainite, caino-, cainogenesis, Cainozoic, caïque, ça ira

How to use Cainite in a sentence

In the meantime the holy men bewailed his wretched lot, as if he had been slain by the Cainite hypocrites.
Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II|Martin Luther
This faith the other church, the Cainite church, not only has not, but ever persecutes it where she finds it.
Commentary on Genesis, Vol. I|Martin Luther
But the Cainite wrath fires and distorts the eyes, scowls the brow, swells the cheeks with rage, and arms the hands.
Commentary on Genesis, Vol. I|Martin Luther
Thus the division between the Cainite and Sethite races early became accentuated by a sectarian distinction as well.
The Meeting-Place of Geology and History|Sir John William Dawson