essaei

Updated: May 23, 2025

Their monastic organization must be referred to some current practice, Greek or Egyptian, or to a blending of various lines; the details of their history are too sparse to build on with definiteness. +1125+. The similar sect of the Essenes, or Essaei, which was confined to Palestine, is better known.

Crawford Howell Toy - Introduction to the History of Religions: Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV