Essene: alternatives and connections

Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.

The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinen…

Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining.

The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or f…

Abstinence.

With abstinence.

One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews, and supported the Asmoneans.

Severity; strictness; austerity.

Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.

One of an ancient religious sect, so called from Cerinthus, a Jew, who attempted to unite the doctrines of Christ with the opinions of…

A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event…

A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time; a period of abstinence from food or certain kinds of food; as, an annual fast.

One of a religious sect, founded in Wurtemburg in the last century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had all their…

One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his moth…

Want of abstinence; indulgence.

One of the sect of Syrian Monophysites. The sect is named after Jacob Baradaeus, its leader in the sixth century.

A Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy; the "…

Of or pertaining to the Jews or Hebrews; characteristic of or resembling the Jews or their customs; Israelitish.