Also 7 euchet. [ad. late L. euchīta, euchēta, ad. Gr. εὐχίτης (misspelt εὐχήτης), f. εὐχή prayer.] One of a sect that arose in the fourth century, taking its name from a belief that perpetual prayer was the only means of salvation. The name was also applied to later sects holding similar views.
1585. Abp. Sandys, Serm. (1841), 263. Give ourselves only to prayer. That is the error of the Euchites.
1621. J. Mayer, Eng. Catech. It [the Christian soule] will rather become an Euchet, by being continually lifted up in prayer.
1730–6. in Bailey (folio).
1882–3. Schaff, Encycl. Relig. Knowl., II. 1478. Massalians, a Christian sect, which soon obtained other names,—Euchites.
