Ascetic (adj)
as-et-ik
Characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin asceticus or Greek askētikos, from askētēs ‘monk’, from askein ‘to exercise’.
Example sentences
“He lived an ascetic life of prayer, and fasting.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
