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Hesychast
Hes·y·chast
[
héssi kàst
]
(
plural
Hes·y·chasts
)
noun
Definition:
Eastern Orthodox monk:
a member of a school of meditative devotion developed by monks of the Greek Orthodox Church on Mount Athos in the 14th century and popular in 19th-century Russia
[
Mid-19th century. < late Greek
hēsukhastēs
"hermit" <
hēsukhazein
"be still" <
hēsukhos
"still, quiet"
]
Hes·y·chas·tic
[
hèssi kástik
]
adjective
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