omphalopsychite
发音
/ˌɒmfələˈsaɪkaɪt/
词形变化
omphalopsychites
复数
omphalopsychites
别名
Omphalopsychite
释义与例句
n.
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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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