单词 | Hesychast |
释义 | Hesychast/ˈhɛsɪkast![]() noun historical A member of a movement dedicated to interior prayer, originating among the Orthodox monks of Mount Athos in the 14th century.Symbolic actions are crucial to Eastern Christian liturgy and private prayer, most evident in the so-called ‘physical method’ of prayer taught by the Byzantine Hesychasts....
OriginMid 19th century: from late Greek hēsukhastēs 'hermit', from hēsukhazein 'be still', from hēsukhos 'still'. |
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