Essene Definition

ĕsēn, ĭ-sēn
noun
A member of an ancient Jewish sect of ascetics and mystics, which existed to the middle of the 1st century a.d.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Essene

Noun

Singular:
Essene
Plural:
essenes

Origin of Essene

  • Latin Essēnī the Essenes from Greek Essēnoi from Aramaic ḥasên pl. of ḥasē righteous, holy ḫśy in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Essene Sentence Examples

  • Then, having spent three years in the desert with the hermit Banus, who was presumably an Essene, he became a Pharisee.

  • As for the author, he was no Essene, for he recognizes animal sacrifices and cherishes the Messianic hope; he was not a Sadducee, for he looks forward to the establishment of the Messianic kingdom (x.); nor a Zealot, for the quietistic ideal is upheld (ix.), and the kingdom is established by God Himself (x.).

  • But we are also told that " the Pharisees characterized the Essene as ` a fool who destroyed the world.'

  • The standpoint is that of the peculiar Judaizing or Ebonite Christianity due to persistence among Christians of the tendencies known among pre-Christian Jews as Essene.

  • It seems rather to represent a later and modified Essene Christianity, already half-Catholic, such as would suit a date after 250, in keeping with Eusebius's evidence.

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