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essene

Noun

Es=sene

WORDNET DICTIONARY

essene(n = noun.person) - a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus;

essene, n. [Gr. , lit., physicians, because they practiced medicine, fr. Chald āsayā to heal, cf. Heb. asā.].

One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior, remarkable for their strictness and abstinence. [1913 Webster]

essene, n. a member of an ancient Jewish ascetic sect living communally.

Etymology

L pl. Esseni f. Gk pl. Essenoi

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