renunciate
Britishnoun
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Hinduism another word for sannyasi
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Christianity any religious devotee who renounces earthly pleasures and lives as an ascetic
Example Sentences
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In court papers filed in February, Maxwell had offered to renunciate her French and British citizenships.
From Fox News • Apr. 1, 2021
However, I was not called upon to renunciate anything.
From Bab: a Sub-Deb by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
Seeing that I was a swami, a renunciate attired in the traditional orange cloth, he added politely, "Pray inform me how you know my affairs."
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa
She had moved back into the shadow, where mothers sit with kind eyes that no one gazes into, and sweet mouths that no one kisses, and white hands that bless and renunciate.
From The Devourers by Chartres, Annie Vivanti
"Sir," he said, "why do you, a swami and a renunciate, show such respect to a householder?"
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda, Paramahansa
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