noun
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
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑collection, ↑aggregation, ↑accumulation, ↑assemblage
Useful english dictionary. 2012.