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A member of an Encratite or Gnostic sect of the 2nd century which condemned marriage, etc.
One of those early Christian heretics (chiefly Gnostic) that abstained from flesh, from wine, and from marriage. Also attributive.
Church History. = Encratite, n.
Church History. = Encratite, n. Now rare.