[usuallybeforenoun] not allowing yourself physical pleasures, especially for religious reasons; related to a simple and strict way of living:
The monks lived a very ascetic life. * Living hidden away in the mountains suited his ascetic character.
ascetic noun:
monks, hermits and ascetics
asceticism noun [U]:
a life of private prayer and asceticism
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