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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)

  1. (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.