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Essene

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Noun

1. essene

a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus

Adjective

2. essene

said of or relating to the Essenes

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Essene

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noun
Judaism
a member of an ascetic sect that flourished in Palestine from the second century bc to the second century ad, living in strictly organized communities

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Essene

see synonyms of essene
noun
a member of an ancient Jewish sect of ascetics and mystics, which existed to the middle of the 1st century a.d.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Essene

see synonyms of essene
n.
A member of an ascetic Jewish sect that existed in ancient Palestine from the second century BC to the second century AD.

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