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ascetic::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | abstainer |
| Type of | religious person |
| Has types | puritan, stylite |
| Derivation | ascetical |
Examples of ascetic
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Pundarika-Puri, an advaita ascetic, was also humbled by the Acharya in a debate.
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The former Kennedy intellectual left Washington in 1964-lean, cerebral, ascetic.
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It says the sale is significant because the ascetic leader had few possessions.
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From Philostratus'biography Apollonius emerges as an ascetic traveling teacher.
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This book addresses specific problems of spiritual theology and the ascetic life.
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The charnel house in Manhattan, and the doe-eyed ascetic in the snowy white robes.
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Warburg, an ascetic, was appalled when he first went to the City as an apprentice.
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The soul must be freed from its material surroundings by an ascetic habit of life.
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On the whole, it would seem that Gnostic behaviour tended towards the ascetic.
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- Abstainer: someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
- Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices"
- Practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"
- (ascetically) in an ascetic manner; "she lived ascetically in a small house all by herself"
- (asceticism) the doctrine that through renunciation of worldly pleasures it is possible to achieve a high spiritual or intellectual state
- (asceticism) austerity: the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures)
- Asceticism (/u0259u02C8su025Btu026Asu026Azu0259m/; from the Greek: u1F04u03C3u03BAu03B7u03C3u03B9u03C2 u00E1skesis, "exercise" or "training") is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals...
- One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence; Of or relating to ascetics; characterized by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline; austere; abstinent; involving a withholding of physical pleasure
- (Asceticism) practice of self-denial through various means for the attainment of spiritual and intellectual fulfillment.
