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Webster 1913 Edition
Sarabaite
Sar′a-ba-ite
,Noun.
[LL.
Sarabaïtae
, pl.] (Eccl. Hist.)
One of certain vagrant or heretical Oriental monks in the early church.
Definition 2024
Sarabaite
Sarabaite
English
Noun
Sarabaite (plural Sarabaites)
- (obsolete) a class of monk in Catholic belief who dwelt in his own home, or in or near a city. It later became a term for all degenerate monks.