Hesychast

Meaning

1. A monk of the Orthodox Catholic Church that engages in noetic prayer.

Etymology / origin

From Medieval Latin hesychasta, from ecclesiastical Greek ἡσυχαστής (hēsukhastḗs), from ἡσυχάζειν (hēsukházein, “to be quiet”), from ἥσυχος (hḗsukhos, “quiet”).

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