Main Entry: the·os·o·phy

Pronunciation: \-fē\

Function: noun

Etymology: Medieval Latin theosophia, from Late Greek, from Greek the- + sophia wisdom — more at -sophy

Date: 1650

1 : teaching about God and the world based on mystical insight
2 often capitalized : the teachings of a modern movement originating in the United States in 1875 and following chiefly Buddhist and Brahmanic theories especially of pantheistic evolution and reincarnation

— theo·soph·i·cal \ˌthē-ə-ˈsä-fi-kəl\ adjective

— theo·soph·i·cal·ly \-k(ə-)lē\ adverb