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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

Encratitae

, pl., fr. Gr. [GREEK] self-disciplined; [GREEK] in + [GREEK] strength.]

(Eccl. Hist.)

One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; – called also

Continent

Encratite ‎(plural Encratites)

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