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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[LL. pl.

apotactitae

, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] set apart; [GREEK] from + [GREEK] to arrange, ordain.]

(Eccl. Hist.)

One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.

Noun.

[Gr. from to renounce; to ordain.]

One of a sect of ancient christians, who, in imitation of the first believers, renounced all their effects and possessions.

Apotactite ‎(plural Apotactites)

(Christianity, historical) One of an ancient sect of Christians who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.