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Hesychast [ˈhɛsɪˌkæst]

(Christianity / Eastern Church (Greek & Russian Orthodox)) Greek Orthodox Church a member of a school of mysticism developed by the monks of Mount Athos in the 14th century

[Cl8: from Medieval Latin hesychasta mystic, from Greek hēsukhastēs, from hēsukhazein to be tranquil, from hēsukhos quiet]

Hesychastic adj

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Eastern Orthodoxy Hesychasm			Then a screaming dust-covered car in cobalt, a princely slim-rendered quinze , roars down the Champs-Elysees: de Gaulle, his nose, like a clown's, useless at last, waves to the crowd of hesychasts. In the Men's Room at the Cafe Provence by Reeve, F. D. / The American Poetry Review We lived for weeks there in silence, spending time meditating and learning about the Eastern Christian hesychasts and some non-Christian contemplative traditions as well. The architecture of simplicity: a concern for light and quiet shape ... by Fox, Thomas C. / National Catholic Reporter			hesperidium Hesperiphona Hesperiphona vespertina Hesperis Hesperis matronalis Hesperornis Hesperus Hess Hess Harry Hammond Hesse Hesse-Nassau Hessian Hessian boot Hessian boots Hessian cloth Hessian crucible Hessian fly hessite hessonite hest hestern hesternal Hestia Hesychasm Hesychast Hesychasts het het up hetaera hetaerism hetairism Hetchel Hete heter- Heteracanth Heteranthera Heteranthera dubia heterarchy Heterauxesis hetericism hetero hetero- heteroatom Heterobasidiomycetes heteroblastic Heterocarpism Heterocarpous heterocarpy Heterocephalous Heterocephalus Heterocera			HESTEC Hester Lynch Thrale Hester Needham Hester Poker Chip Tool Hester Stanhope Hestern hesternal Hesters Way Community Resource Centre Hestia Hestia Hestia Hestius Cretale Kinnisvara Heston College Heston, Charlton hests HESV Hesvan HESVW HESW HESX1 HESY Hesychasm Hesychasm Hesychast Hesychast Hesychastic Hesychastic Hesychastic centres of prayer Hesychastic centres of prayer Hesychastic centres of prayer Hesychasts Hesychios of Alexandra Hesychios of Alexandria Hesychius of Alexandria HESZ het het het Het Allemaal Anders Instituut Het Begon Op Klompen Het Belang van Limburg Het Echte Leven Het Geklank Des Konings Het Groot Belgisch Treinen Forum Het Groot Niet Te Vermijden Het Johan Borgman College Het Laatste Nieuws Het Ministerie Van Evenementen Het Nederlands Kunstenaars Forum Het Nederlandse Computer Forum Het Nieuwe Rijden Het Schip de Lading het up het up Het Zeeuwse Landschap

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