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Elcesaite

El-ce′sa-ite

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Noun.
[From
Elcesai
, the leader of the sect.]
(Eccl.)
One of a sect of Asiatic Gnostics of the time of the Emperor Trajan.

Definition 2024


Elcesaite

Elcesaite

English

Noun

Elcesaite (plural Elcesaites)

  1. (historical) A member of an ancient Jewish-Christian sect, possibly related to the Ebionites, in Sassanid southern Mesopotamia.

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