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One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior, remarkable for their strictness and abstinence.

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  1. n. One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior, remarkable for their strictness and abstinence.
  2. adj. said of or relating to the Essenes
  3. n. a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus
  4. One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior, remarkable for their strictness and abstinence.
  5. One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior,remarkable for their strictness and abstinence.
  6. n. a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus a. said of or relating to the Essenes