xerophagy

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xerophagy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Xerophagy \Xe*roph"a*gy\, n. [L. xerophagia, Gr. ?; xhro`s dry +
     ? to eat.]
     Among the primitive Christians, the living on a diet of dry
     food in Lent and on other fasts.
     [1913 Webster]