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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A member of a sect of deists in Bohemia in the 18th century, professing to be followers of the pre-circumcised Abraham. historical
2. 2
   A member of a ninth-century group of Syrian monks who were exterminated by the iconoclastic emperor Theophilus. historical

Etymology

From Abraham + -ite.

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