ascetic in English

adjective

1

characterized by or suggesting the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.

an ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual labor

synonyms: austere, self-denying, abstinent, abstemious, self-disciplined, self-abnegating, simple, puritanical, monastic, reclusive, eremitic, hermitic, celibate, chaste

noun

1

a person who practices severe self-discipline and abstention.

The composition of hymns of the Rig-Veda was done by Hindu recluses, ascetics , Rishis and Sages rooted in the realities of life inside the society.

synonyms: abstainer, puritan, recluse, hermit, anchorite, solitary, fakir, Sufi, dervish, sadhu, eremite

adjective

austere, self-denying, abstinent, abstemious, self-disciplined, self-abnegating, simple, puritanical, monastic, reclusive, eremitic, hermitic, celibate, chaste
spartan, austere, ascetical
ascetical

noun

abstainer
abstainer, puritan, recluse, hermit, anchorite, solitary, fakir, Sufi, dervish, sadhu, eremite
abstainer

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4. He lives an ascetic life.

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6. He lived as an ascetic.

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8. They live a very ascetic life.

9. Ascetically definitions In an ascetic manner.

10. I shall never be an ascetic.

11. Diogenes, though, led an ascetic life.

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13. Ascetic monks all have tough wills.

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15. 3 synonyms for Abstainer: ascetic, abstinent, nondrinker

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17. The hermit followed an ascetic life - style.

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19. The monks lived a very ascetic life.

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21. How to use Ascetic in a sentence

22. Louis became an extremely devout and ascetic man.

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24. ‘Jain Ascetic Walking Along a Riverbank.’ ca.1600

25. What does Ascetics mean? Plural form of ascetic

26. Fenton, thin, balding and ascetic, was another veteran.

27. An Indian Ascetic wearing an iron collar, circa 1870

28. His thin, ascetic face mirrows an intensity of thought.

29. This is achieved by strict celibacy and ascetic practices.

30. 9 Louis became an extremely devout and ascetic man.

31. (Matthew 8:20) However, he was not an ascetic.

32. Ascetic definition: An Ascetic person has a way of life that is simple and strict , usually because of their Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

33. Fenton was a thin,[Sentence dictionary] balding and ascetic man.

34. Asceticism has been common in most major world religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity: all of these have special ascetic cults or ascetic ideals.

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36. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.

37. She has never been close to her ascetic, workaholic father.

38. Ascetic is derived from the Greek asketes, meaning “monk,” or “hermit.” Later that became asketikos, meaning “rigorously self-disciplined,” which gives us the Modern English Ascetic.

39. Living hidden away in the mountains suited his Ascetic character

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41. The 13 Ascetic practices of Buddhist monks, taught by Buddha

42. Living hidden away in the mountains suited his ascetic character.

43. Ascetically (comparative more Ascetically, superlative most Ascetically) In an ascetic manner.

44. Saint Nilus of Ancyra, also called Nilus The Ascetic, (died c

45. Strict or severe in discipline; ascetic: a desert nomad's Austere life

46. ‘a narrow, humorless, Ascetic face’ ‘Sufism emphasises the more mystical and Ascetic aspects of the religion.’ ‘Yet the texts are firmly part of the later medieval world: the first two come from the writings of visionary women mystics and the last from a rigorously Ascetic monastic theologian.’

47. Ascetically: in an ascetic manner, austerely, abstinently: Translations: 1 – 1 / 1

48. At the same time, however, the Church also honored an ascetic ideal.

49. While most monks are Ascetic, Ascetics do not have to be monks.

50. 14 synonyms for Abstemious: temperate, sparing, moderate, sober, austere, frugal, ascetic, self