Apotactite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Apotactite \Ap`o*tac"tite\, n. [LL. pl. apotactitae, Gr. ?, fr.
     ? set apart; ? from + ? to arrange, ordain.] (Eccl. Hist.)
     One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed
     imitation of the first believers, renounced all their
     possessions.
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