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  • noun Plural form of Epicurean.

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Examples

  • By these three women may be understood the three sects of the active life, that is, the Epicureans, the Stoics, and the Peripatetics, who go to the tomb, that is, to the present life, which is a receptacle of things corruptible, and seek the

    Among My Books Second Series James Russell Lowell 1855

  • Epicouraiyim: Christians, as below, the "Epicureans," for so the rabbis of the East call us in the West -- properly,

    Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842

  • And this the Sadducees, who were a kind of Epicureans among the Jews, were sensible of; and, therefore, as they said that there was no resurrection, and no future state after this life, so they denied that there was either angel or spirit, as the apostle tells us.

    The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 08. 1630-1694 1820

  • They are a kind of Epicureans or Quietists, teaching that happiness consists in a calm which suspends all the operations of the soul: they are much addicted to alchymy, boasting to have discovered an elixir that will render them immortal: they are also great pretenders to magic, and a familiar intercourse with demons.

    Hau Kiou Choaan 1761

  • "My father did not forbid our continuing this pastime, but strictly prohibited our calling ourselves 'Epicureans' outside of the garden, for this noble name had since gained among the people a significance wholly alien.

    Cleopatra — Volume 02 Georg Ebers 1867

  • "My father did not forbid our continuing this pastime, but strictly prohibited our calling ourselves 'Epicureans' outside of the garden, for this noble name had since gained among the people a significance wholly alien.

    Cleopatra — Volume 02 Georg Ebers 1867

  • "My father did not forbid our continuing this pastime, but strictly prohibited our calling ourselves 'Epicureans' outside of the garden, for this noble name had since gained among the people a significance wholly alien.

    Cleopatra — Complete Georg Ebers 1867

  • "My father did not forbid our continuing this pastime, but strictly prohibited our calling ourselves 'Epicureans' outside of the garden, for this noble name had since gained among the people a significance wholly alien.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867

  • "My father did not forbid our continuing this pastime, but strictly prohibited our calling ourselves 'Epicureans' outside of the garden, for this noble name had since gained among the people a significance wholly alien.

    Cleopatra — Volume 02 Georg Ebers 1867

  • Epicureans of both good food and artful design will do well to make it their coffee table's main course.

    Nice Spreads Chip Kidd 2011

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