/zi rof"euh jee/ , n. , pl. xerophagies .
a Lenten fast observed esp. during Holy Week, constituting the strictest fast in the Eastern Church.
Also, xerophagia /zear'euh fay"jeuh, -jee euh/ .
[ 1650-60; xerophagia xerophagía, deriv. of xerophageîn to eat dry food. See XERO-, -PHAGY ]