1. A communistic fraternity of quiet contemplative people among the Jews, who lived apart by themselves and are presumed to have represented Judaism in its purity, and to have exercised some influence on Christianity it self.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• essiness,
• wssenes,
• sssenes,
• dssenes,
• rssenes,
• 4ssenes,
• 3ssenes,
• sessenes,
• esseenes,
• esseness,
• esenes,
• essees,
• essens,
• sesenes,
• esseens,
• esenses,
• Essans,
• Essianes,
• Essinnes,
• Essennese

The adjective form of the word "Essenes" is "Essenic".

The plural form of the word "Essenes" is also "Essenes".

The singular form of the word "Essenes" is "Essene"