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Essene — Essene … Wikipédia en Français
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. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Essene — [es′ēn΄, e sēn′] n. [L Esseni < Gr Essēnoi, said (by Philo) to be < hosios, holy, pious, but < Syr ḥsēn, pl. < ḥsī, pious, holy] a member of an ancient Jewish sect of ascetics and mystics, which existed to the middle of the 1st… … English World dictionary
Essene — Essenian /e see nee euhn/, Essenic /e sen ik/, adj. /es een, e seen /, n. Judaism. a member of a Palestinian sect, characterized by asceticism, celibacy, and joint holding of property, that flourished from the 2nd century B.C. to the 2nd century… … Universalium
Essene — noun Etymology: Greek Essēnos Date: 1553 a member of a monastic brotherhood of Jews in Palestine from the second century B.C. to the second century A.D. • Essenian or Essenic adjective • Essenism noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
Essene — noun Member of a first century ascetic Jewish sect, in ancient Palestine from the second century BCE to the second century CE. The Essenes are believed to have been the authors of the . See Also: Essenian, Essenic, Essenism … Wiktionary
Essene — n. member of an ascetic sect of Judaism which inhabited the area north of the Dead Sea between approximately 200 BC AD 100 … English contemporary dictionary
Essene — [ ɛsi:n] noun a member of an ancient Jewish ascetic sect of the 2nd century BC–2nd century AD in Palestine. Origin from L. Esseni (plural), from Gk Essēnoi, perh. from Aramaic … English new terms dictionary
essene — es·sene … English syllables
Essene — Es•sene [[t]ˈɛs in, ɛˈsin[/t]] n. jud a member of a monastic Jewish sect that flourished in Palestine from the 2nd century b.c. to the 2nd century a.d. Es•se′ni•an, Es•sen•ic ɛˈsɛn ɪk adj … From formal English to slang
