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Trismegistus

American  
[triz-muh-jis-tuhs, tris-] / ˌtrɪz məˈdʒɪs təs, ˌtrɪs- /
Trismegistus British  
/ ˌtrɪsmɪˈdʒɪstəs /

noun

  1. See Hermes Trismegistus

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He quoted Hermes Trismegistus, the mythical author of a corpus of second- and third-century Alexandrian mystical texts: “As above, so below.”

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2016

They are drawn from the ancient works of Hermes Trismegistus, whose writings became popular during the Renaissance and Reformation.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2015

Disturbingly before their marriage he also met Karen, a heaven-wrought sheath Of ice and intellect and indifference, whose favorite reading in a hot New England summer is Hermes Trismegistus and Apollonius Rhodius.

From Time Magazine Archive

When family straits got too much for him Alcott retired to his room, plunged into the Rig-Veda or the Confucian Analects or Hermes Trismegistus.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I long to resume the reading of Hermes Trismegistus, which contains more important secrets than these sleight-of-hand tricks."

From The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt by Sumichrast, Frederick C. de (Frederick Caesar de)

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