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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The ascetics had earlier said they would cancel their appearance, but later made their way to bathe at Sangam, although with their processions scaled down.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025
Or consider 12th century Taoist ascetics who thought sleep deprivation could bring them closer to the truth.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2023
Atop the barren ledges are several hermit cells made of stacked rocks where, as early as the 300s, ascetics lived in extreme deprivation.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2022
But they’re equally famous because of how uncomfortable many find them, almost like an endurance test, the way ascetics lie on beds of nails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
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
