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ascetical::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ascetic |
| Derivation | ascetic |
Examples of ascetical
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Hesychasm is of primary importance in the ascetical theology of the Orthodox Church.
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Thus the practice may have origins in the ascetical practices of the biblical prophets.
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For instance, Olivelle claims that four distinct areas of Hindu relationships to food exist in ascetical food practices.
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For instance, the remains of a 9th-century ascetical text were found in the form of a half-inch-thick block of stuck papyri.
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Observing ascetical food codes and habits allows scholars to make generalizations regarding food according to these patterns.
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This psychological analysis owes much to the ascetical works of Evagrius Pontikos, with its doctrine of the eight passions.
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There are twenty-six works in all, printed and manuscript, mostly ascetical or controversial treatises, several of which have been reprinted many times.
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Within a century of the death of St. Francis, members of the Third Order began to live in common, in an attempt to follow a more ascetical way of life.
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A more dedicated ascetical lifestyle is associated particularly with monks, yogis or priests, but any individual may choose to lead an ascetic life.
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- Ascetic: pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices"
- Ascetic: 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"
- 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...
