Ascetic definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ASCET'IC, a. [Gr. exercised ... 0 (2005) adj 1: pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices" [syn: ascetic, ascetical] 2: practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would ... s austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence" [syn: ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan] n 1: someone who practices self ...
Ascetic theology definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Theology The*ol"o ... religion represents in the heart and life of man. --Gladstone. Ascetic theology, Natural theology. See Ascetic, Natural. Moral theology, that phase of theology which is concerned ... E. G. Robinson (Johnson's Cyc.). Webster's 1913 Dictionary Ascetic As*cet"ic, n. In the early church, one who ... those ascetics that take up their quarters in deserts. --Norris. Ascetic theology, the science which treats of the practice of the ...
... abstinence and the resurrection." 4. Heretical Teaching: Besides inculcating an ascetic morality the Apocryphal Ac show traces more or less pronounced ... its practical side the Christian religion was viewed as an ascetic discipline, involving not only abstinence from animal food and wine ... evident design is to confirm and spread confidence in this ascetic ideal by representing the apostles as the zealous advocates of ... this favorable judgment is to be found in the pronounced ascetic tendency of the Acts, which was in line with the ... in His place had been crucified. After referring to the ascetic doctrine and the absurd miracles of the Ac and to ... a material sense is manifest. All are pervaded by the ascetic spirit; in all Christ appears in the form of ...
... thus man may be etherealized and become like God. This ascetic tendency is wonderfully widespread; it reappears century after century, and ... Epistle to the Colossians, accordingly, there are definite references to ascetic practices which were inculcated by the false teachers at Colosse ... and commanding to abstain from meats" (1Ti 4:3). These ascetic practices were afterward taught by various Gnostic sects, the Encratites ... a Redeemer. In 4:3, as already noted, Paul describes ascetic practices which were regarded by their votaries as most meritorious ... teaching of the Essenes and also of the Gnostics. This ascetic teaching was unnatural, as contrary to the constitution of the ... their great swelling words. The antinomian, no less than the ascetic side of Gnosticism, seems by this time to have ...
... 0 (2005) adj 1: pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices" [syn: ascetic, ascetical] 2: practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would ... s austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence" [syn: ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan] Merriam Webster's adjective see ascetic
... 1. a. a Muslim mendicant ; dervish b. an itinerant Hindu ascetic or wonder-worker 2. impostor; especially swindler Oxford Reference Dictionary ... also faquir) a Muslim or (rarely) Hindu religious mendicant or ascetic. Etymology: Arab. fakir needy man Webster's 1913 Dictionary Fakir Fa"kir, n. [Prob. confused with Fakir an oriental ascetic.] See Faker. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Fakir Fa"kir, n. [Ar. faq[=i]r poor.] An Oriental religious ascetic or begging monk. [Written also faquir anf fakeer.] Foolish Dictionary ... Thesaurus Albigensian, Catharist, Franciscan, Sabbatarian, Trappist, Waldensian, abdal, abstainer, anchorite, ascetic, bhikshu, dervish, flagellant, hajji, hermit, imam, mendicant, muezzin, mufti, mullah ...
... the Gospels there is no trace of any exhortation to ascetic exercises, though John's disciples practiced fasting (Mr 2:18 ... has even been accounted "the Founder and Example of the ascetic life" (Clem. Alex., Strom, III, 6). By questionable emphasis upon ... and embodiment of self-denial," yet the marks of the ascetic are not found in Him. His mode of life was, indeed, so non-ascetic as to bring upon Him the reproach of being "a ... old is good." But to the question, Was Jesus an ascetic? we are bound to reply, No. "Asceticism," as Harnack says ...
... severely adverb • severeness noun • severity noun Synonyms: severe, stern, austere, ascetic mean given to or marked by strict discipline and firm ... or self-denial < living an austere life in the country >. ascetic implies abstention from pleasure and comfort or self-indulgence as spiritual discipline < the ascetic life of the monks >. Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 rigorous ... afflictive, aggressive, agonizing, algid, aloof, arbitrary, arctic, arduous, aristocratic, arrogant, ascetic, asperous, astringent, atrocious, austere, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, awful, badly, bald ...
... definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man [syn: sadhu, saddhu] Merriam Webster's also saddhu ... Etymology: Sanskrit s?dhu Date: 1835 a usually Hindu mendicant ascetic Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (in India) a holy man, sage, or ascetic. Etymology: Skr., = holy man
... syn: severe, spartan] 4: practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would ... s austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence" [syn: ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan] n 1: a resident of Sparta Merriam ... Stoic, abbreviated, abridged, abstemious, abstinent, accepting, aposiopestic, armed with patience, ascetic, astringent, austere, authoritarian, bald, bare, brief, brusque, candid, celibate, chaste ...
... self-restraint [syn: asceticism, ascesis] Merriam Webster's noun see ascetic Britannica Concise Practice of the denial of physical or psychological ... or gain access to supernatural powers all are reasons for ascetic practice. Christian monastic orders, wandering Hindu ascetics, and Buddhist monks ... abstinence, and fasting. Though monasticism is rejected in the Quran, ascetic movements such as zuhd have arisen in Islam. Zoroastrianism forbids ...
... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars Merriam Webster's ... stylos pillar — more at steer Date: circa 1638 a Christian ascetic living atop a pillar • stylitic adjective Oxford Reference Dictionary n. Eccl. hist. an ancient or medieval ascetic living on top of a pillar. Etymology: eccl.Gk stulites ...
... religion represents in the heart and life of man. --Gladstone. Ascetic theology, Natural theology. See Ascetic, Natural. Moral theology, that phase of theology which is concerned ...
... relating to the Essenes n 1: a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus Merriam Webster's ... Oxford Reference Dictionary n. a member of an ancient Jewish ascetic sect living communally. Etymology: L pl. Esseni f. Gk pl ...