Therapeutæ

‖Ther′a‐peu″tæ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. � (pl. �) an attendant, servant, physician. See Therapeutic.] (Eccl. Hist.) A name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt in the neighborhood of Alexandria. They are described in a work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and credibility of which are now much discredited.