asceticism.html - n. & adj.
--n.

a person who practises severe self-discipline and abstains from all forms of pleasure, esp. for religious or spiritual reasons.

--adj.

relating to or characteristic of ascetics or asceticism; abstaining from pleasure.

ascetically adv. asceticism n. [med.L asceticus or Gk asketikos f. asketes monk f. askeo exercise]

asceticism.html - n. & adj.
--n.

a person who practises severe self-discipline and abstains from all forms of pleasure, esp. for religious or spiritual reasons.

--adj.

relating to or characteristic of ascetics or asceticism; abstaining from pleasure.

ascetically adv. asceticism n. [med.L asceticus or Gk asketikos f. asketes monk f. askeo exercise]

asceticism.html - v.
1 intr. move upwards; rise.
2 intr. a slope upwards. b lie along an ascending slope.
3 tr. climb; go up.
4 intr. rise in rank or status.
5 tr. mount upon.
6 intr. (of sound) rise in pitch.
7 tr. go along (a river) to its source.
8 intr. Printing (of a letter) have part projecting upwards.

ascend the throne become king or queen. [ME f. L ascendere (as AD-, scandere climb)]

asceticism.html - n.
(also ascendency) (often foll. by over) a superior or dominant condition or position.

asceticism.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 rising.
2 Astron. rising towards the zenith.
3 Astrol. just above the eastern horizon.
4 predominant.

--n.

Astrol. the point of the sun's apparent path that is ascendant at a given time (Aries in the ascendant).

in the ascendant 1 supreme or dominating.
2 rising; gaining power or authority. [ME f. OF f. L (as ASCEND, -ANT)]

asceticism.html - n.
1 a a part of a letter that extends above the main part (as in b and d). b a letter having this.
2 a person or thing that ascends.