— Hesychastic , adj.
/hes"i kast'/ , n.
one of a sect of mystics that originated in the 14th century among the monks on Mt. Athos, Greece.
[ 1825-35; hesychasta hesychastés a recluse, equiv. to hesycház ( ein ) to be quiet, be still (v. deriv. of hésychos quiet, still) + -tes agent suffix ]