Therapeutae

See also: Therapeutæ

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Therapeutae pl (plural only)

1. (historical) 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.