Found 2 items, similar to Essene.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Essene
Essene
adj : said of or relating to the Essenes
n : a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Essene
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.
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