Hesychast
//ˈhɛsɪkæst// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A monk of the Orthodox Catholic Church that engages in noetic prayer.
- 2 Alternative spelling of Hesychast. alt-of, alternative
Etymology
From Medieval Latin hesychasta, from ecclesiastical Greek ἡσυχαστής (hēsukhastḗs), from ἡσυχάζειν (hēsukházein, “to be quiet”), from ἥσυχος (hḗsukhos, “quiet”).
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