Essene
['esi:n, e'si:n]
n. 古犹禁欲,神宗派徒





essene
[ noun ]

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

<noun.person>

[ adj ]

1. said of or relating to the Essenes

<adj.pert>

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.