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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ascetic \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ascetic \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ascetic adj 1: pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic; "ascetic practices" [syn: {ascetical}] 2: 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" [syn: {ascetical}, {austere}, {spartan}] n : practices self denial as spiritual discipline [syn: {abstainer}]
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