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. [1913 Webster]