\Ther`a*peu"t[ae]\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? (pl. ?)
an attendant, servant, physician. See {Therapeutic}.] (Eccl.
Hist.)
A name given to certain ascetics said to have anciently dwelt
in the neighborhood of Alexandria. They are described in a
work attributed to Philo, the genuineness and credibility of
which are now much discredited.