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Encratite

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  1. 1
    One of an ascetic 2nd-century sect of Christians who forbade marriage and counselled abstinence from meat. historical

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Latin Encratitae (plural) from Ancient Greek ἐγκρατής (enkratḗs, “self-disciplined”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κρᾰ́τος (krắtos, “strength”).

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