ascetic

anchorites

/ˈaŋkərʌɪt/

noun

A religious recluse.

The land of the pharaohs was transformed; the festival hall of Thutmosis III in the temple of Karnak was turned into a church, while Christian anchorites lived in some of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings.

recluse,solitary,loner,ascetic

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anchorite

/ˈæŋkəˌraɪt/

noun

A religious recluse.

The land of the pharaohs was transformed; the festival hall of Thutmosis III in the temple of Karnak was turned into a church, while Christian anchorites lived in some of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings.

recluse,solitary,loner,ascetic

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anchorets

/ˈaŋkərʌɪt/

noun

A religious recluse.

The land of the pharaohs was transformed; the festival hall of Thutmosis III in the temple of Karnak was turned into a church, while Christian anchorites lived in some of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings.

recluse,solitary,loner,ascetic

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anchoret

/ˈaŋkərʌɪt/

noun

A religious recluse.

The land of the pharaohs was transformed; the festival hall of Thutmosis III in the temple of Karnak was turned into a church, while Christian anchorites lived in some of the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings.

recluse,solitary,loner,ascetic

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abstemious

/əbˈstimiəs/

adjective

Not self-indulgent, especially when eating and drinking.

“We only had a bottle.” “Very abstemious of you.”

temperate,abstinent,austere,moderate,self-disciplined,self-denying,restrained,self-restrained,non-indulgent,sober,ascetic,puritanical,spartan,strict,severe,self-abnegating,hair-shirt

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