Apotactites

plural noun

Ap·​o·​tac·​tites

-kˌtīts

: apostolici

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin Apotactitae, from Late Greek Apotaktitai, from Greek apotaktos set apart (from apotassein to set apart, from apo- + tassein to arrange, put in a certain order) + -itai (plural of itēs -ite)

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