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