• (n.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent.
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member of an ascetic Christian sect led by Tatian, a 2nd-century Syrian rhetorician. The name derived from the group`s doctrine of continence ... [2 related articles]
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En'cra·tite noun [ Latin
Encratitae , plural, from Greek ... self-disciplined; ... in + ... strength.]
(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also
Continent .
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