hylical

== English == === Etymology === From hyle +‎ -ical, originally translating Latin hylicus in notes on Irenaeus's Against Heretics after the manner of earlier psychical and pneumatical, from Ancient Greek ὑλικός (hulikós, “wooden, material”), from ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē, “wood, matter”) + ‎-ικός (‎-ikós, “-ic, forming adjectives”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪlɪkəl/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhʌɪlɪkəl/ === Adjective === hylical (comparative more hylical, superlative most hylical) (uncommon, chiefly Gnosticism) Synonym of physical or material. [1708] 1911, Charles Gray Shaw, The Value & Dignity of Human Life..., p. 46: Gnosticism reveals the same conception of a triple order of humanity... Upon this psychological basis, Valentinus seeks to outline a philosophy of history in which Pagans assume the lowest position of hylical men, Jews the next rank of the psychical, while the highest order of the πνευματικοί (pneumatikoí) is reserved for those who, redeemed from the flesh and the low, have become Christians. 1970, R.F.C. Hull translating Carl Jung as Mysterium Coniunctionis, p. 6: The opposition between spirit and soul is due to the latter having a very fine substance. It is more akin to the "hylical" body and is densior et crassior (denser and grosser) than the spirit. ==== Coordinate terms ==== psychical, pneumatical ==== Related terms ==== See also Category:English terms prefixed with hylo- === References === “† hylical, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.