Apotactici

plural noun

Ap·​o·​tac·​ti·​ci

ˌapəˈtaktəˌsī

: apostolici

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin or Medieval Latin, plural of Apotacticus, from Late Greek Apotaktikos, literally, renouncer, from apotaktikos disposed to renounce, from Greek apotassein to set aparticiple from apo- + tassein to put in order, arrange

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