[a. med.L. apotactīta, ad. Gr. ἀποτακτίτης, f. ἀπότακτ-ος: see prec.] A member of an early Christian sect, who renounced all their possessions in imitation of what is recorded concerning the early church in Jerusalem.
1727–51. Chambers, Cycl., Apoctactitæ … affecting to follow the evangelical counsels of poverty.
1838. Penny Cycl., XII. 156/2. Called, from their habits of abstinence, Apotactites.
