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ascetic ADJ

ascetic
زَاهِد

ascetic <an ascetic; ascetics> N

ascetic
زَاهِد
ascetic
زَهَّاد

ascetic ADJ

ascetic N REL

ascetic ADJ

ascetic REL

ascetic
زَاهِد

ascetic ADJ REL

ascetic
حَبيس

ascetic (al)

become an ascetic VB

lead an ascetic life VB

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He led an ascetic existence, and his activities had a fanatical character.
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The earliest monks were simply men who fled civilization to lead an ascetic lifestyle alone in the desert.
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Such austerities are undertaken according to the physical and mental limits of the individual ascetic.
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In the second half of the sixteenth century and the first half of the seventeenth, ascetic authors dwelt upon this devotion at greater length.
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His works, consisting of sermons, letters and ascetic treatises, have been frequently reprinted.
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Upon being told of her death, he goes away and becomes an ascetic.
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The spiritual insight gained from their ascetic struggles make monastics preferred for missionary activity.
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The pivotal point about which such investigation would turn is a collection of 200 ascetic maxims.
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His colleagues criticize his diet of bread and wine, and his ascetic lifestyle.
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In this ritual a mendicant or ascetic attempts to remain seated in a circle practicing meditation techniques without food for 40 days and nights.
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