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xerophagy

American  
[zi-rof-uh-jee] / zɪˈrɒf ə dʒi /
Also xerophagia

noun

plural

xerophagies

  1. a Lenten fast observed especially during Holy Week, constituting the strictest fast in the Eastern Church.

Etymology

Origin of xerophagy

1650–60; < Late Latin xerophagia < Greek xērophagía, derivative of xērophageîn to eat dry food. See xero-, -phagy

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