From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishasceticas‧cet‧ic /əˈsetɪk/ adjectiveRELIGIONliving without any physicalpleasures or comforts, especially for religious reasons
an ascetic life —ascetic noun [countable] —asceticism /-tɪsɪzəm/ noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusascetic• At the same time, however, the Church also honored an asceticideal.• Louis became an extremely devout and ascetic man.• The church itself became a two-class system: the asceticmonasteries versus the more worldlyregularclergy.• Like the ascetic movement of which it was an outgrowth, monasticism had its origins in the MiddleEast.Originascetic(1600-1700)Greekasketikos, from asketes“person who exercises, hermit”, from askein“to work, exercise”
