Omphalopsychite
English
Etymology
omphalo- + Ancient Greek [Term?] (“breath, spirit, soul”); from their habit of meditating by gazing upon the navel.
Noun
Omphalopsychite (plural Omphalopsychites)
- A Hesychast.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Omphalopsychite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)