pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; ascetic practices
[ Syn: ascetical ]
someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
[ Syn: abstainer ]
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 nomads austere life; a spartan diet; a spartan existence
[ Syn: ascetical , austere , spartan ]