ascetic life

She decided to lead an ascetic life and bring up her only brother.

From her youth she was interested in the ascetic life.

He lived here for many years in meditation and led an ascetic life.

I was impressed that he continues to lead such a ascetic life.

But the worn eyes in her smooth face suggest a hard, ascetic life.

Most stay for only a few years and then leave, but a number continue on in the ascetic life for the rest of their lives.

The final four Steps concern the higher virtues toward which the ascetic life aims.

According to my diary, I lead an ascetic life these days, estranged from wife and children.

He is noted for his ascetic life and concern for the poor.

This book addresses specific problems of spiritual theology and the ascetic life.

In 521 John resigned his office as a bishop so he could better pursue the ascetic life.

Quickly the monks formed communities to further their ability to observe an ascetic life.

The Imam was expected to lead an ascetic life and be an able theologian.

She lived an ascetic life and was widely revered during her own lifetime.

He led the ascetic life for nearly eighty years in a mountain cave of Egypt.

Its object was to further the ascetic life to which he was devoted.

For three months, he lived an ascetic life.

Meletius ascetic life was remarkable in view of his great private wealth.

In some ways, Livesey seems to have led an abstemious, not to say ascetic life.

He is said to have dwelt there living the ascetic life with no shelter for nearly forty years.

He was known for his ascetic life, his virtues, and theological learning.

"Ed lived a very ascetic life in his tower.

Trelawny then adopted a more ascetic life and moved to Sompting.

After accepting a disciple, Swamiji continued with his ascetic life.

He persuaded Stefan to find a more secluded place to live the ascetic life.