Definition of Therepeutae
Therapeutæ, a Jewish ascetic sect in Egypt, who lived a life of
celibacy and meditation in separate hermitages, and assembled for worship
on Sabbath.
- Wikipedia
||Ther`a*peu"tæ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr.
Gr. &?; (pl. &?;) an attendant, servant, physician. See
Therapeutic.] (Eccl. Hist.) A name given to certain
ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of Alexandria.
They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and
credibility of which are now much discredited.
||Ther`a*peu"tæ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr.
Gr. &?; (pl. &?;) an attendant, servant, physician. See
Therapeutic.] (Eccl. Hist.) A name given to certain
ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of Alexandria.
They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and
credibility of which are now much discredited.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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