| 释义 |
† Essee Obs.
Also 4 Essey, 7 Hessee, 4–6 pl. Esseis.
[ad. L. Essæ-i pl., Gr. Ἐσσαῖ-οι. (The pl. Esseis is app. formed on L. pl. Essæi taken as a sing.; Wyclif's Essey is prob. the L. plural misspelt. Cf. epicuree.]
= Essene.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 2 Pharisees, Saduces, and Esseis. ― Sel. Wks. II. 36 Essey, Saducey, and Pharisey. a1570Becon Christ's Chron. (1844) 546, The Essees..not altogether unlike to monks in life. 1607T. Rogers 39 Art. (1854) 353 Of another mind were the Esseis. 1613Purchas Pilgr., (1617) 147 Essees, Essens, or Hessees. |