Essenian
- a word derived from Essene.
Example Sentences
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A refugee from Jerusalem, with Timothy lost somewhere in Galilee, he invades the Essenian monastery.
From Unicorns by Huneker, James
I also saw Eve living in some caverns near Hebron, where the Essenian Monastery of Maspha was afterwards established.
From The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Emmerich, Anna Catherine
We should find his ancestors were Essenian Jews.
From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Graves, Kersey
Nor can we fix the date when Essenian Budhism among the Jews received the name of Christianity for a similar reason.
From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Graves, Kersey
The spiritualized conception of the "kingdom of heaven" proclaimed by him was just what would naturally and logically arise from a remodelling of the Messianic theories of the Pharisees in conformity to advanced Essenian notions.
From The Unseen World and Other Essays by Fiske, John
