ascitanEccl.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.