Encratite
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Encratitae (plural) from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.