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hesychastic — a. soothing. ♦ hesychasm, n. omphaloskepsis … Dictionary of difficult words
hesychastic — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|kastik adjective Etymology: Greek hēsychastikos, from (assumed) Greek hēsychastos (verbal of hēsychazein) + Greek ikos ic 1. : soothing, calming used especially of a style of ancient Greek music 2. often capitalized [hesychast + ic] … Useful english dictionary
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