Meaning of ASCETIC
| Pronunciation: | | u'setik
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- [n] practices self denial as spiritual discipline
- [adj] 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"
- [adj] pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic; "ascetic practices"
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| | Synonyms: | | abstainer, abstemious, ascetical, ascetical, austere, spartan |
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| | See Also: | | puritan, religionist, religious person, stylite | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\As*cet"ic\a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to exercise, to practice
gymnastics.]
Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere;
severe.
The stern ascetic rigor of the Temple discipline. --Sir
W. Scott.
\As*cet"ic\, n.
In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary
and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme
self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse;
hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in
religious things.
I am far from commending those ascetics that take up
their quarters in deserts. --Norris.
{Ascetic theology}, the science which treats of the practice
of the theological and moral virtues, and the counsels of
perfection. --Am. Cyc.
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