ascetic
noun
a person who dedicates their life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
ascetics
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pluralof ascetic.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It's also the day of the Shahi snan - or the royal bath - that sees thousands of ash-smeared ascetics taking a plunge in the river.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025
They tend to conjure images of monks meditating in the mountains or ascetics living in desert caves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024
Many ascetics played a leading role in their communities, sometimes extending beyond the realm of civil behavior.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Or consider 12th century Taoist ascetics who thought sleep deprivation could bring them closer to the truth.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2023
He remembered how once, as a youth, he had compelled his father to let him go and join the ascetics, how he had taken leave of him, how he had gone and never returned.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
