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Essene : adj : said of or relating to the Essenes [syn: Essene]
(noun)
1: a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus
[syn: Essene]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Essene : \Es*sene"\, n.; pl. Essenes. [Gr. ?, lit., physicians,
because they practiced medicine, fr. Chald [=a]say[=a] to
heal, cf. Heb. as[=a].]
One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior,
remarkable for their strictness and abstinence.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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