Thesaurus: ascetic

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1. a. Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.
2. 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.
3. adj. pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
4. adj. practicing great self-denial
5. n. someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
6. Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe. The stern ascetic rigor of the Temple discipline. Sir W. Scott. 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.
7. Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.The stern ascetic rigor of the Temple discipline. Sir W. Scott.
8. j:100 a. pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline s. practicing great self-denial