ESSENES meaning: Ancient Jewish ascetic sect, mystics

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Essenes: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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Encyclopedia of the Orient (No longer online)

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Essenes: Catholic Encyclopedia
Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)
Essenes: Smith's Bible Dictionary
Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Essenes)

▸ noun: The Essenes (Hebrew: , ʾĪssīyīm; Greek: Ἐσσηνοί, Ἐσσαῖοι, or Ὀσσαῖοι, Essenoi, Essaioi, Ossaioi) or Essenians were a mystic Jewish sect during the Second Temple period that flourished from the 2nd century BCE to the 1st century CE.

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