asceticism
Example Sentences
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But no asceticisms and no resolves will do what we want.
From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Maclaren, Alexander
This long seclusion had made her proud, sad, and bitter; she despised the world, and was full of strange asceticisms.
From The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy
In the face of all asceticisms, as of all stoicisms, Gethsemane is the eternal protest that every part of human nature is entitled to be heard, provided that the spirit retains the arbitration over all.
From The Gospel According to St. Mark by Chadwick, G. A.
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