单词 | ascetical |
释义 | asceticaladj. 1. Pertaining to, or treating of, the spiritual exercises by which perfection and virtue may be attained, as in Ascetical Theology. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [adjective] > spiritual exercises for attaining perfection asceticala1617 ascetic1822 a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1866) 331 Hence it is that ascetical sermons..are not in that request. 1693 W. Wotton tr. L. E. Du Pin New Hist. Eccl. Writers II. 145 The Ascetical Books attributed to St. Basil. 1884 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (at cited word) St. Francis of Sales and St. Alphonsus Liguori may be mentioned as modern saints whose ascetical works are most esteemed. 2. = ascetic adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > asceticism > [adjective] sternc1374 austerea1425 tetrical1528 tetric1533 severe1565 ascetic1646 tetricous1727 ascetical1836 1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet I. 216 Our English puritans with their ascetical bigotry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.a1617 |
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