ō'phīte1, a.
(ō'fīt, 49), a. [Fr. ophite, Gr. ὀφίτης, from ὄφις, serpent.] Pertaining to a serpent. [Obs.]
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Ophite
Ō'phīte2, n.
(ō′fit, 49), n. [Fr. ophite, Lat. ophites, Gr. ὀφίτης (sc. λίθος), a kind of marble spotted like a serpent. See supra.] (Min.) Serpentine; also, one of the varieties of serpentine or verd-antique marble; also, green porphyry; — so called from the spots of different colors which give it a mottled appearance resembling the skin of a snake.
Ō'phīte3, n.
n. (Eccl. Hist.) A member of a Gnostic sect of the second century, who paid worship to a serpent.