'Hesychast' definitions:

Definition of 'Hesychast'

From: GCIDE
  • Hesychast \Hes"y*chast\, n. [Gr. ? hermit, fr. ? to be still or quiet, fr. ? still, calm.] One of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in the fourteenth century; a quietist. --Brande & C. Hetaera