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What does Essene mean?

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Noun
  1. Member of a first-century ascetic Jewish sect, in ancient Palestine from the second century BCE to the second century CE. The Essenes are believed to have been the authors of the Dead Sea scrolls.
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In post-biblical times, some members of the Essene sect, according to the historian Josephus, rejected marriage, and the medieval Talmudic scholar Ben Azzai remained celibate.
An Essene, but one that was seldom in the cenoby, more often to be met on the hills with his flocks.
The annals of an important monastery of the Essene sect, located only about twenty miles from Jerusalem, have recently been discovered.
I am Enoch the Essene, a holy one, a perfect keeper of the law.
If a man be dying the Essene, by his rule, must succour him, Paul said.
The first Lon event in Belgium that took place on September 21st 1999 at Essene was a big success.

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