therapeutæ

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. According to ancient tradition, a mystic and ascetic Jewish sect in Egypt, of the first century.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Eccl. Hist.) A name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of Alexandria. They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and credibility of which are now much discredited.