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  1. Xerophagy
    Xerophagy ("dry eating", from Greek ξηρός "dry" and φαγεῖν "eat") is the practice of eating dry food, especially food cooked without oil.. In Eastern Christianity, xerophagy is the form of fasting observed during Great Lent and certain other fasts, in which vegetables cooked with water ...
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  2. Xerophagy
    Xe·roph'a·gy noun [ Latin xerophagia , Greek ...; ... dry + ... to eat.] Among the primitive Christians, the living on a diet of dry food in Lent and on other fasts.
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  3. Xerophagy
    • (n.) Among the primitive Christians, the living on a diet of dry food in Lent and on other fasts.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/xerophagy/

  4. xerophagy
    xerophagy The habitual eating of dry or desiccated (thoroughly dried out) food.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2334/3

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