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xerophagy

[ zi-rof-uh-jee ]

noun

, plural xe·roph·a·gies.
  1. a Lenten fast observed especially during Holy Week, constituting the strictest fast in the Eastern Church.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of xerophagy1

1650–60; < Late Latin xerophagia < Greek xērophagía, derivative of xērophageîn to eat dry food. See xero-, -phagy
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Example Sentences

Xerophagy, zē-rof′a-ji, n. the habit of living on dry food.

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