Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AS-CET'IC
AS-CES'SAN-CY, or AS-CES'SANTAS-CET'IC
AS-CET'IC, a. [Gr. ασκητος, exercised, hardened; from ασκεω, to exercise.]
Retired from the world; rigid; severe; austere; employed in devotions and mortifications.
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