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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Es·sene /ɪˈsin, ˈɛˌsin/
 古猶太的禁慾,神祕主義宗派的信徒

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Es·sene n.; pl. Essenes   One of a sect among the Jews in the time of our Savior, remarkable for their strictness and abstinence.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Essene
      adj : said of or relating to the Essenes
      n : a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus