释义 |
ascitan Eccl. Hist.|əˈsaɪtən, ˈæsɪtən| [f. med.L. Ascītæ, a. Gr. ἀσκῖται, f. ἀσκός wine-skin: see -ite, -an.] A member of a heretical sect in the second century, who used to dance round an inflated wine-skin, in reference to Matt. ix. 17.
1727–51in Chambers Cycl. s.v. Ascitæ. |