xe|roph|a|gy

xe|roph|a|gy
xe|roph|a|gy «zih ROF uh jee», noun, plural -gies.
the practice of living on dry food, especially a form of abstinence in which only bread, herbs, salt, and water are consumed: »

As for xerophagies, says Tertullian, they charge them with being a novel title for a pretended duty (Frederic W. Farrar).

[< Late Latin xērophagia < Greek xērophagíā < xērós dry + phageîn eat]

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