ENCRATITE

Meaning of ENCRATITE in English

( n. )

One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

ENCRATITE — -ˌtīt noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Late Latin encratita, from Late Greek enkratitēs, from Greek enkratēs self-disciplined …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ENCRATITE — (n.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also …
Английский словарь Webster
ENCRATITE — noun one of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; called also …
Webster English vocab
ENCRATITE — member of an ascetic Christian sect led by Tatian, a 2nd-century Syrian rhetorician. The name derived from the group's doctrine …
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SEVERIAN — I. sə̇virēən noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Medieval Latin Severianus, from Severus, 2d century Gnostic + Latin …
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TATIANIST — ˈtāsh(ē)ənə̇st noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Tatian, 2d century A.D. Christian writer + English -ist : encratite
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VEGETARIAN — Synonyms and related words : Apostolic, Apostolici, Brillat-Savarin, Encratic, Encratite, Lenten, Lucullus, Pythagorean, Pythagorist, Rechabite, Shaker, Spartan, Stoic, abstainer, abstemious, …
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FRUITARIAN — Synonyms and related words : Apostolici, Brillat-Savarin, Encratite, Lucullus, Pythagorean, Pythagorist, Rechabite, Shaker, abstainer, abstinent, ascetic, banian, board-and-roomer, boarder, bon …
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ASCETIC — Synonyms and related words : Albigensian, Apostolic, Apostolici, Catharist, Diogenes, Encratic, Encratite, Franciscan, Hieronymian, Hieronymite, Lenten, Pythagorean, Pythagorist, Rechabite, Sabbatarian, …
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ABSTAINER — Synonyms and related words : Albigensian, Apostolici, Catharist, Encratite, Franciscan, Pythagorean, Pythagorist, Rechabite, Sabbatarian, Shaker, Trappist, Waldensian, abstinent, anchorite, ascetic, …
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Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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