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Encratite.

One of an ascetic 2nd-century sect of Christians who forbade marriage and counselled abstinence from meat.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. One of an ascetic 2nd-century sect of Christians who forbade marriage and counselled abstinence from meat.

    historical
Where this word comes from

Latin Encratitae (plural) from Ancient Greek ἐγκρατής (enkratḗs, “self-disciplined”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κρᾰ́τος (krắtos, “strength”).

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