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encratite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
en-cratite
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

Latin Encratitae (plural) from Ancient Greek ἐγκρατής (enkratḗs, “self-disciplined”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κρᾰ́τος (krắtos, “strength”).

Inflected Forms

Encratites (plural)

Synonyms

Continent

Questions

What does encratite mean?
One of an ascetic 2nd-century sect of Christians who forbade marriage and counselled abstinence from meat.
Where does encratite come from?
Latin Encratitae (plural) from Ancient Greek ἐγκρατής (enkratḗs, “self-disciplined”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κρᾰ́τος (krắtos, “strength”).

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