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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Essene

· Es·sene · IPA
01 n. One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior, remarkable for their strictness and abstinence.
pl. Essenes ((#))
  1. 1.
    One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior, remarkable for their strictness and abstinence.