Eccl. Hist. [ad. med.L. agnoītæ, ad. Gr. ἀγνοηταί, heretics so named; f. ἀγνοέ-ειν to be ignorant.] An ancient theological sect who held that Christ was ignorant of some things.
1586. T. Rogers, 39 Art. (1607), 48. The Agnoites, who held that the divine nature of Christ was ignorant of some things.
1710. trans. du Pin’s New Hist Eccl. Writers, IV. 60. The tenth Action is against the Gaianites, the Agnoetes and Origenists.
1775. Ash, Agnoetes, a sect who denied that Christ knew the day of judgment.
