therapeutae

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; (pl. &unr_;) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]