Desert Fathers

A form of Desert Father — Any of the early Christian hermits, ascetics and monks who lived mainly in the Scetes desert of Egypt, beginning around the third century AD, and were a major influence on the development of Christianity.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Desert Father
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