Therapeutae

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

Therapeutae

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin [Term?], from Ancient Greek θερᾰπευταί (therăpeutaí), plural of θερᾰπευτής (therăpeutḗs, “one who serves the gods, worshipper”).

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