ascetic

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ascetic (enc)

Noun	1.	ascetic - practices self denial as spiritual discipline abstainer religionist, religious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deity puritan - adheres to strict religious principles; opposed to sensual pleasures stylite - an early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars
Adj.	1.	ascetic - pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices" ascetical
	2.	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" ascetical, austere, spartan abstemious - sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy

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