Word Meaning

Meaning of ascetic

- Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.
- In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things.

Crossword clue for ascetic

- Abstinent
- Austere
- Austere Cate’s distressed, I see
- One who lives a life of austerity
- Rigidly abstemious
- spare man