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Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 11th edition
Aticle 2212

Essene

¦ noun a member of an ancient Jewish ascetic sect of the 2nd century BC-2nd century AD in Palestine.
Origin
from L. Esseni (plural), from Gk Essenoi, perh. from Aramaic.

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