Thēr'a-peu'tæ, n. pl.

n. pl. [Gr. θεραπευτής (pl. θεραπευταί), an attendant, servant; also, healer, curer, fr. θεραπεύειν, to serve; also, to heal, cure.] (Eccl. Hist.) A Jewish sect in Egypt, resembling the Essenes in Palestine;—applied also to the early Christians, and, very rarely, to the early monks. Eadie.