omphalopsychite

发音

/ˌɒmfələˈsaɪkaɪt/

词形变化

omphalopsychites 复数 omphalopsychites

别名

Omphalopsychite

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A Hesychast.

    贬义 宗教

词源

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ὀμφαλοψυχίτης (omphalopsukhítēs), from ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”) + ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) + -ίτης (-ítēs, “-ite”), i.e. “one with his soul in his navel”, referring to the practice by some Hesychasts of gazing on the navel as a means to concentrate during meditation. By surface analysis, omphalo- + psych- + -ite.

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