A female given name from Ancient Greek, borne by an early Christian saint, and by European royalty. / (Gnosticism) An aeon (a form of divine being) in the Gnostic tradition.

Archaic spelling of Safawi.

plural of Sophia

a former patriarchal basilica of Byzantium, now a mosque and museum in Istanbul, Turkey.

(Christianity) sophiology

Of or relating to Sophia, a figure in Gnosticism, analogous to the human soul but also simultaneously one of the feminine aspects of God.