Encratite
English
Etymology
Latin Encratitae (plural) from Ancient Greek ἐγκρατής (enkratḗs, “self-disciplined”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κρᾰ́τος (krátos, “strength”).
Noun
Encratite (plural Encratites)
- (historical) One of an ascetic 2nd-century sect of Christians who forbade marriage and counselled abstinence from meat.
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