Therapeutae

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin [Term?], from Ancient Greek θερᾰπευταί (therapeutaí), plural of θερᾰπευτής (therapeutḗs, one who serves the gods, worshipper).

Noun

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Therapeutae pl (plural only)

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  1. (historical) 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.