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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism;
[syn: Nag Hammadi, Nag Hammadi Library]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Nag Hammadi Library
    n 1: a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from
         Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the
         town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45
         distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand
         knowledge of Gnosticism [syn: Nag Hammadi, Nag Hammadi
         Library]