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ep·i·cu·re·an Audio Help (ěp'ĭ-kyŏŏ-rē'ən, -kyŏŏr'ē-) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Devoted to the pursuit of sensual pleasure, especially to the enjoyment of good food and comfort.
Suited to the tastes of an epicure: an epicurean repast.
Epicurean Of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism.

A devotee to sensuous and luxurious living; an epicure.
Epicurean A follower of Epicurus.

[Middle English Epicurien, from Epicure; see epicure.]

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Epicureans

followers of Epicurus (who died at Athens B.C. 270), or adherents of the Epicurean philosophy (Acts 17:18). This philosophy was a system of atheism, and taught men to seek as their highest aim a pleasant and smooth life. They have been called the "Sadducees" of Greek paganism. They, with the Stoics, ridiculed the teaching of Paul (Acts 17:18). They appear to have been greatly esteemed at Athens.

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