Category:Ophite

O"phite, a. Etym: [gr.

Defn: of or pertaining to a serpent. [obs.]

Ophite O"phite, n. Etym: [l. ophites, gr. ophite.] (min.)

Defn: a greenish spotted porphyry, being a diabase whose pyroxene has Been altered to uralite; -- first found in the pyreness. So called From the colored spots which give it a mottled appearance. -- o*phi"ic, a.

Ophite O"phite, n. Etym: [l. Ophitae, pl. See ophite, a.] (eccl.Hist.)

Defn: a mamber of a gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second Century.