Cainite

American  

[key-nahyt] / ˈkeɪ naɪt /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of Cainite

< Medieval Latin Cainīta ( cain, -ite ¹; compare Late Latin Caiānus with same sense)

Example Sentences

Perhaps he was a sort of a Cainite, saying, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

From Sowing and Reaping by Moody, Dwight Lyman

When the Cainite died, a dispute broke out among his descendants as to how the property was to be divided.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 by Radin, Paul

Ishmael, Edom, and the Cainite tribes first mentioned, come into mutual contact in different ways, which may be quite naturally explained from different views and arrangements of their mutual relationships.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius