ascesisn.
/əˈsiːsɪs/, U.S. /əˈsisᵻs/, /æˈsisᵻs/ The practice of self-discipline.
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1873 W. Pater Stud. Hist. Renaissance p. xii The charm of ascesis, of the austere and serious girding of the loins in youth.
1880 W. Pater Greek Studies (1895) 267 The sanity of soul and body..the perfecting of both by reasonable exercise or ascésis.
1890 E. Johnson Rise Christendom 107 In the conduct of life they establish a strict ascesis..as a means of a closer communion with the Divine.
1924 J. Kelman Prophets of Yesterday i. 24 The Greek idea of askesis was but the habit of the athlete.
1944 W. H. Auden For Time Being (1945) 84 The vision That plain men can predict through an Ascesis of their senses.
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