Ascetic - English meaning

noun

Someone who does not do something, especially something they would like to do

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His grandfather was a lifelong abstainer who never touched a drop of alcohol., animal rights should…

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Someone who decides not to vote

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The problem for protest voters or abstainers is registering the reason for their actions., the thre…

adjective

Indulging only very moderately in something, especially food and drink.

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‘we only had a bottle.’ ‘very abstemious of you.’

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Not doing things that give you pleasure, especially not eating good food or drinking alcohol

adjective

Refraining from an activity or from the consumption of something, especially alcohol.

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The patients are best advised to be totally abstinent from alcohol

adjective

Completely avoiding something such as alcohol or sex

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Sexually abstinent, he has now been abstinent from alcohol for four years.

noun

A religious recluse.

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The land of the pharaohs was transformed; the festival hall of thutmosis iii in the temple of karna…

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Someone who lives alone and away from other people for religious reasons

adjective

Severe or strict in manner or attitude.

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He was an austere man, with a rigidly puritanical outlook

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Very simple, with only the things that are absolutely necessary, especially because of severe limits on money or goods

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An austere childhood during the war

adjective

Plain and without decoration or unnecessary details

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The courtroom was a large, dark chamber, an austere place.

adjective

Abstaining from marriage and sexual relations, typically for religious reasons.

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A celibate priest

noun

A person who abstains from marriage and sexual relations.

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He's attracted and attractive to women and yet he lives as a celibate

adjective

Not having sex, especially because you have made a religious promise not to

noun

A member of a muslim (specifically sufi) religious order who has taken vows of poverty and austerity. dervishes first appeared in the 12th century; they were noted for their wild or ecstatic rituals and were known as dancing, whirling, or howling dervishes according to the practice of their order.

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His bold, expressive pictures are unmatched in the islamic world, showing scenes of nomadic life; d…

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A member of a muslim religious group that has an energetic dance as part of its worship

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The children were spinning around like whirling dervishes.

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A member of one of a number of muslim religious groups, some of which have an energetic dance as part of their worship

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He was a famous dervish killed during the siege of buda in 1541., the first of a succession of derv…

noun

A muslim (or, loosely, a hindu) religious ascetic who lives solely on alms.

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Giving details, the chairman has asserted that guru granth sahib revered by the sikhs as a living g…

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A member of an islamic religious group, or a hindu holy man

adjective

Sparing or economical as regards money or food.

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I'm a bit too frugal to splash out on designer clothes

adjective

Careful in spending money

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Lungren, a fiscal conservative when it comes to spending taxpayers’ money, is frugal in his persona…

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Careful to use only as much money, food, etc. as is necessary

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He built up his savings by being very frugal., frugal habits/living/lifestyle, frugal energy/water …

noun

A member of an ancient hindu sect who wore very little clothing and were given to asceticism and contemplation.

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There he is said to have encountered the ‘gymnosophists’ and ‘magi’ who were thought to have influe…

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A shirt made of cloth containing hair that feels unpleasant on the skin and was worn in the past by people who wanted to punish themselves for religious reasons

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A person living in solitude as a religious discipline.

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Secular idleness would have little meaning in solitude, and the religious contemplation of the herm…

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A person who lives alone and apart from society

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A muslim holy man or hermit, especially in north africa.

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At the mosque, the marabout and the father give the baby an arabic name from the koran.

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A muslim religious leader or teacher, especially in north africa

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Senegalese children have been learning from marabouts in quranic schools since the 11th century., e…

adjective

Relating to monks, nuns, or others living under religious vows, or the buildings in which they live.

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A monastic order

noun

A monk or other follower of a monastic rule.

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Weber's texts also employ the typology to distinguish the asceticism of medieval monastics from tha…

adjective

Of or related to monasteries or monks

noun

A member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

Usage examples:

He has attended several retreats at the abbey, run by the catholic order of benedictine monks.

noun

A man who is a member of a group of religious men who live a simple life apart from general society, usually in a monastery

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of a monk or monks.

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He alternated bouts of bohemian conviviality with long periods of monkish solitude

noun

A bond that is sold by a town or city government in the us

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Among actively traded munis, new york city water revenue bonds ended down one point.

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A member of a religious community of women, typically one living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

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A jesuit uncle, then chaplain to the seattle community of carmelite nuns, made an emergency appeal …

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A member of a female religious group whose members promise to obey the orders of the leader of the group, to be poor, and not to marry

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A member of a group of english protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the reformation of the church under elizabeth i as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.

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From its inception there had been a committed protestant minority who aspired to complete a full pr…

adjective

Relating to the puritans.

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A puritan parliamentarian

noun

A person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people.

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She has turned into a virtual recluse

adjective

Favouring a solitary life.

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He was a very secretive sort of individual, a very recluse sort of a person, and didn't have much t…

noun

A person who lives alone and avoids going outside or talking to other people

adjective

Avoiding the company of other people; solitary.

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He led a reclusive life

adjective

Living alone and avoiding going outside or talking to other people

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A reclusive billionaire, she became increasingly reclusive after the tragedy.

adjective

Extremely thorough and careful.

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The rigorous testing of consumer products

adjective

Severe or difficult, esp. because at a high level

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Rigorous standards of accuracy, the manhattan district attorney’s office had a pretty rigorous trai…

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Detailed and careful

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I want rigorous financial analysis of the options., the selection process is extremely rigorous., a…

noun

A hindu sage or saint.

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Whenever you take an incarnation, you select a rishi to become your guru.

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A holy man, sage, or ascetic.

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India is the birthplace of hinduism as well as buddhism, motherland of sikhs and jains, the abode o…

noun

A hindu religious mendicant.

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By himself becoming a hindu and a sannyasin, he has challenged the obnoxious caste system.

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(chiefly in provence) a figurine adorning a representation of the manger in which jesus was laid.

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There are treasures to take home, such as santons, little provençal figures of bakers and farmers t…

adjective

A self-denying person gives up what they want so that other people can have it, or because they feel it is morally right for them to give it up

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Far from being a self-denying hermit, reece enjoyed the finest clothes he could afford., she was br…

adjective

Able to make yourself do things you know you should do even when you do not want to

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I faced up to the fact that i was not self-disciplined enough to lose weight by myself so i got a p…

adjective

(of something bad or undesirable) very great; intense.

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A severe shortage of technicians

adjective

Causing great pain, difficulty, damage, etc.; very serious

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A severe earthquake, the family faced severe challenges when he lost his job., severe criticism

adjective

Easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty.

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A simple solution

noun

A medicinal herb, or a medicine made from one.

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The gatherers of simples

exclamation

Of very low intelligence.

adjective

Done or existing alone.

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I live a pretty solitary life

noun

A recluse or hermit.

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He had something of the solitary about him

adjective

Being the only one, or not being with other similar things, often by choice

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I live a solitary life., he enjoys solitary walks in the wilderness.

adjective

Showing or characterized by austerity or a lack of comfort or luxury.

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The accommodation was fairly spartan

noun

A citizen of sparta.

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The spartans were the dorian inhabitants of a greek city-state in the peloponnese that for many cen…

noun

A canadian dessert apple of a variety with crisp white flesh and maroon-flushed yellow skin.

adjective

Demanding that rules concerning behaviour are obeyed and observed.

Usage examples:

My father was very strict

adjective

Limiting people’s freedom to behave as they wish beyond what is usual

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The school is an old-fashioned institution with strict discipline., do you think stricter laws woul…

noun

A muslim ascetic and mystic.

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Muslims are now divided into sunnis, several types of shi'ites (including ismaeli), and sufis.

noun

A member of an islamic religious group that tries to become united with god by living a simple life and by praying and meditating

noun

A person who is proficient in yoga.

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Descended from a long line of respected yogis in yoga vedanta philosophy, swamiji was born in rajas…

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A person who has spent a lot of their life doing yoga and studying the philosophy of yoga