'Essene' definitions:
adjective
Said of or relating to the Essenes
noun
A member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus
- 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.
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