Encratite

English

Etymology

Latin Encratitae (plural) from Ancient Greek ἐγκρατής (enkratḗs, “self-disciplined”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κρᾰ́τος (krátos, “strength”).

Noun

Encratite (plural Encratites)

1. (historical) One of an ascetic 2nd-century sect of Christians who forbade marriage and counselled abstinence from meat.

Synonyms

• Continent