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Therapeutae
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Therˊa-peu′tae
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] (pl. [GREEK]) an attendant, servant, physician. See
Therapeutic
.] (Eccl. Hist.)
A name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of Alexandria. They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and credibility of which are now much discredited.