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Definition of Ascetics

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

Meaning of Ascetics from wikipedia

- Asceticism is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. Ascetics may withdraw...
- to Christian love. Ascetics, as a branch of theology, may be briefly defined as the scientific exposition of Christian asceticism. It has been defined...
- grandfather, Kalonymus ben Isaac the Elder, seem to have been a family of ascetics. Among the Ashke**** Hasidic movement which they led, it was frequent to...
- conflicts provoked the creation of a military order of Hindu ascetics in India. These warrior ascetics formed paramilitary groups called ‘‘Akharas'’ and they...
- the Ahmedabad Gadi had 765 male ascetics and the Vadtal Gadi 1468 male ascetics. The first rule of becoming an ascetic (sanyasi) of the sect is never to...
- involved a sect of Hindu ascetics, the Dasanami Naga Sadhus who likewise visited Bengal on pilgrimage. To the British, these ascetics were plunderers and must...
- University of New York Press, 2003. ISBN 0-7914-5922-5. Wandering with Sadhus: Ascetics in the Hindu Himalayas, Sondra L. Hausner, Bloomington, Indiana University...
- However, soon after Mahavira's nirvana ascetics organized themselves into groups. A few examples of ascetics living in complete solitude are found in...
- the Ahmedabad Gadi had 765 male ascetics and the Vadtal Gadi 1468 male ascetics. The first rule of becoming an ascetic (sanyasi) of the sect is never to...
- Lucius the Ascetic was a 5th-century Syrian Christian abbot at Enaton. He was one of the Desert Fathers. He was a companion of Longinus. Wikiquote has...