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Cainʹites (2 syl.)

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Disciples of Cain, a pseudo-Gnostic sect of the second century. They renounced the New Testament, and received instead The Gospel of Judas, which justified the false disciple and the crucifixion of Jesus. This sect maintained that heaven and earth were created by the evil principle, and that Cain with his descendants were the persecuted party.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Cæteris paribus (Latin)
Caf (Mount)
Caftan
Cag Mag
Cage
Cagliostro
Cagots
Cahors
Caiaphas
Cain-coloured Beard
Cainites
Cairds
Caius (Dr.)
Cake
Cake
Cake…Dough
Cakes
Calabash
Calamanco Cat (A)
Calamity
Calandrino