strict fast

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And it all came from a player who has spent recent weeks managing a strict fast from dawn until sunset to observe Ramadan as a Muslim.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2023

The three are Muslims who observe Ramadan and began a strict fast from dawn until sunset daily starting March 22 and continuing through April 20.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2023

It was during the Mahomedan month of Ramadan, when the day is kept a strict fast, and nothing passes the lips of the faithful till after sunset.

From Visits To Monasteries in the Levant by Curzon, Robert

A strict fast was then observed for two nights and a day, the devotees drinking a bitter decoction of button-snake root “in order to vomit and purge their sinful bodies.”

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir

For eight days there was a strict fast; the butchers shut their shops.'

From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by Symonds, John Addington