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Askesis

//əˈskiːsɪs// noun

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  1. 1
    Alternative form of ascesis. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "And this we do find in the Basilican, the Byzantine, and the Romanesque architectures, each more perfect than another, and each lacking in an ever diminishing degree much of the perfect holiness of the Saint of "the most high,"—they came and passed away like different periods in the askesis of a holy soul aiming after the perfection of the spiritual life, and truly therefore they are Christian."

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