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Hesychastnoun
A member of a school of quietist monks in fourteenth-century Greece and Byzantium.
Etymology: From Mediaeval hesychasta, from ecclesiastical Greek, from ‘to be quiet’, from ‘quiet’.
Webster Dictionary
Hesychastnoun
one of a mystical sect of the Greek Church in the fourteenth century; a quietist
Etymology: [Gr. hermit, fr. to be still or quiet, fr. still, calm.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Hesychast
hes′i-kast, n. one of a mystic and contemplative sect of the Greek Church in the 14th century, whose members may be described as the Quietists of the East.—n. Hes′ychasm, their doctrines and practice. [Gr. hēsychastēs—hēsychos, quiet.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hesychast in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hesychast in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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