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Encratite

En"cra*tite\, n. [L. Encratitae, pl., fr. Gr. ? self-disciplined; ? in + ? strength.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the 2d century who abstained from marriage, wine, and animal food; -- called also Continent.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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