Cainite
[ key-nahyt ]
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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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 LutherThis 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 LutherBut 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 LutherThus the division between the Cainite and Sethite races early became accentuated by a sectarian distinction as well.
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