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View synonyms for xerophagy

xerophagy

Also xe·ro·pha·gia

[zi-rof-uh-jee]

noun

plural

xerophagies 

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of xerophagy1

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

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Xerophagy, zē-rof′a-ji, n. the habit of living on dry food.

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