Therapeutae
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See also: Therapeutæ
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin [Term?], from Ancient Greek θερᾰπευταί (therapeutaí), plural of θερᾰπευτής (therapeutḗs, “one who serves the gods, worshipper”).
Noun[edit]
Therapeutae pl (plural only)
- (historical) A Jewish sect which flourished in Alexandria and other parts of the Diaspora of Hellenistic Judaism in the final years of the Second Temple period.