Etymology

Therapeutae

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Today it means: A Jewish sect which flourished in Alexandria and other parts of the Diaspora of Hellenistic Judaism in the final years of the Second Temple period. Full definition →

Latin [Term?] ← Ancient Greek θερᾰπευταί
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromθερᾰπευταί
  2. Latin · borrowed from[Term?]
  3. English todayTherapeutae

Borrowed from Latin [Term?], from Ancient Greek θερᾰπευταί (therăpeutaí), plural of θερᾰπευτής (therăpeutḗs, “one who serves the gods, worshipper”).

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