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As*cet"ic (&unr_;) a. [Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to exercise, to practice gymnastics.] Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.
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The stern ascetic rigor of the Temple discipline. Sir W. Scott.
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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.
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I am far from commending those ascetics that take up their quarters in deserts. Norris.
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Ascetic theology, the science which treats of the practice of the theological and moral virtues, and the counsels of perfection. Am. Cyc.
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