'Xerophagy' definitions:

Definition of 'Xerophagy'

From: GCIDE
  • Xerophagy \Xe*roph"a*gy\, n. [L. xerophagia, Gr. ?; xhro`s dry + ? to eat.] Among the primitive Christians, the living on a diet of dry food in Lent and on other fasts. [1913 Webster]