Crossword clues for ascetical
ascetical
The Collaborative International Dictionary
ascetical \ascetical\ adj.
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pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic ascetical practices
Syn: ascetic
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practicing great self-denial.
Syn: ascetic, austere, spartan
Be systematically ascetic . . . do . . . something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it.
--William James.
Wiktionary
a. ascetic
WordNet
adj. pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices" [syn: ascetic]
practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence" [syn: ascetic, austere, spartan]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "ascetical".
These little acts of courtesy, so natural to the gentleman, were anything but natural to one suddenly impressed with the ascetical temper of methodism.
The old ones have slouched into their ascetical lodgings where they can be found snoring in that never-never land of Buddhist prenirvana, while the younger ones are still up doing whatever it is young boys do late at night, when their lives have suddenly been inundatedninety years after the fact with electric light.
Being what he was, a monk of more than ordinary ascetical habits, he may have undertaken peculiar and difficult vows.
Many treat of the ascetical life, but some deal with classical literature and natural science.
Have we indeed outstripped the warrior and passed the ascetical saint?