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What is an abraxas?

What is an abraxas? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Gnosticism, historical) A transcription of Abrasax.
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Not all abraxas stones, however, are of gnostic origin, just as the name of abraxas cannot be applied to all gnostic stones.
Abracadabra, Abraxas and Hocus Pocus are well-known examples of verbal spells.
In these portraits there is ant shrapnel, exorcism as excoriation, an abrading of the face to reveal its abraxas, its cemeterial grue, its fecal infinity.
The Abraxas Hungarian Partridge 3H is currently drilling below 7,500 feet and has a projected horizontal lateral of 4,700 feet in the Turner Sand.
They quickly acquired a celebrity undi165minished for ages, and were known under the general name of abraxas.
Abraxas, a magic and sacred formula, was used by Greek Gnostics to designate the name of the god of the year.

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