Hesychast.
A monk of the Orthodox Catholic Church that engages in noetic prayer.
Meaning & usage
A monk of the Orthodox Catholic Church that engages in noetic prayer.
Where this word comes from
From Medieval Latin hesychasta, from ecclesiastical Greek ἡσυχαστής (hēsukhastḗs), from ἡσυχάζειν (hēsukházein, “to be quiet”), from ἥσυχος (hḗsukhos, “quiet”).
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