ascetic

The definition of an ascetic is a person who lives a life of strict self-discipline, contemplation and without pleasures and comforts.

(noun)

An example of an ascetic is a monk.

See ascetic in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of or characteristic of ascetics or asceticism; self-denying; austere

Origin: Gr(Ec) askētikos, austere < Gr, laborious, exercised < askein, to exercise, train (for athletic competition)

noun

a person who leads a life of contemplation and rigorous self-denial for religious purposes
anyone who lives with strict self-discipline and without the usual pleasures and comforts

Origin: < Gr askētēs, monk, hermit

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See ascetic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A person who renounces material comforts and leads a life of austere self-discipline, especially as an act of religious devotion.

adjective

Leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial, especially for spiritual improvement. See Synonyms at severe.
Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic; self-denying and austere: an ascetic existence.

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Origin: Late Greek askētikos

Origin: , from Greek askētēs, practitioner, hermit, monk

Origin: , from askein, to work

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