fasting
noun
the act or practice of abstaining from eating or drinking, from certain foods or drinks, or from a particular habitual activity for a period.
fastings
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pluralof fasting.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The path he has chosen lies through the thorny shrubs of endurance, afflictions, necessities, distresses, stripes, imprisonments, tumults, labors, watchings, and fastings.
From Old Groans and New Songs Being Meditations on the Book of Ecclesiastes by Frederick Charles Jennings
His daughter at Arcetri was in despair; and anxiety and fastings and penances self-inflicted on his account, dangerously reduced her health.
From Pioneers of Science by Sir Oliver Lodge
Protracted fastings without consequent exhaustion have been common with the mediumistic in all ages.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Allen Putnam
Like the ancient monks, Jesus practised long fastings and abstained from flesh meats, though he ate fish and vegetables.
From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook
The reason was, that for all his fastings and penances, he was a lazy Camel, and he wanted to graze without the trouble of walking about.
From The Talking Thrush and Other Tales from India by William Crooke
