- xerophagies
- n. fast which includes the eating of dry foods only
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
xerophagies
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xerophagy — /zi rof euh jee/, n., pl. xerophagies. a Lenten fast observed esp. during Holy Week, constituting the strictest fast in the Eastern Church. Also, xerophagia /zear euh fay jeuh, jee euh/. [1650 60; < LL xerophagia < Gk xerophagía, deriv. of… … Universalium
xe|roph|a|gy — «zih ROF uh jee», noun, plural gies. the practice of living on dry food, especially a form of abstinence in which only bread, herbs, salt, and water are consumed: »As for xerophagies, says Tertullian, they charge them with being a novel title for … Useful english dictionary
