asceticism
IPA: ʌsˈɛtɪsɪzʌm
noun
- The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity.
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Examples of "asceticism" in Sentences
- Another problem is the concept of Asceticism.
- He left the asceticism and became a Chetnik fighter.
- The Buddha was very strict in his insistence on asceticism.
- The central idea of Khlystys' ideology was to practice asceticism.
- Gagliardi is the author of various works on asceticism and mysticism.
- Critical to Eastern Christianity, asceticism is the experience of the soul.
- The passions and the ego in orthodox asceticism are referred to as the World.
- Brancati is the author of several important works on theology and asceticism.
- He then pursued asceticism at the Jordan in the monastery of St. Theoctistus.
- A supporter of asceticism, Evtimiy persecuted the heresies and the moral decay.
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