Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AS-CET'IC
AS-CET'IC, n.
- One who retires from the customary business of life, and devotes himself to the duties of piety and devotion; a hermit; a recluse.
- The title of certain books on devout exercises; as the Ascetics of St. Basil.
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