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Ophite, ophite
1. When capitalized, Ophite, a member of a sect which arose about the 2nd century B.C., who paid reverence to the serpent as an embodiment of divine wisdom.
2. Lower case, ophite, of the nature of or resembling a serpent; of a sinuous form; serpentine.
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