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Word Meanings - ASCETICISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.

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  • CONDITIONALITY
    The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.
  • CONDITIONAL
    Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately. The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . .
  • PRACTICER
    1. One who practices, or puts in practice; one who customarily performs certain acts. South. 2. One who exercises a profession; a practitioner. 3. One who uses art or stratagem. B. Jonson.
  • PRACTICED
    1. Experienced; expert; skilled; as, a practiced marksman. "A practiced picklock." Ld. Lytton. 2. Used habitually; learned by practice.
  • CONDITIONATE
    Conditional. Barak's answer is faithful, though conditionate. Bp. Hall.
  • PRACTICE
    A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business. (more info) also, practique, LL. practica, fr. Gr. Practical, and cf. Pratique, 1. Frequently repeated or customary action;
  • CONDITION
    A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of
  • CONDITIONLY
    Conditionally.
  • CONDITIONALLY
    In a conditional manner; subject to a condition or conditions; not absolutely or positively. Shak.
  • CONDITIONED
    1. Surrounded; circumstanced; in a certain state or condition, as of property or health; as, a well conditioned man. The best conditioned and unwearied spirit. Shak. 2. Having, or known under or by, conditions or relations; not independent; not
  • INCONDITIONAL
    Unconditional. Sir T. Browne.
  • UNCONDITIONAL
    Not conditional limited, or conditioned; made without condition; absolute; unreserved; as, an unconditional surrender. O, pass not, Lord, an absolute decree, Or bind thy sentence unconditional. Dryden. -- Un`con*di"tion*al*ly, adv.
  • UNCONDITIONED
    Not subject to condition or limitations; infinite; absolute; hence, inconceivable; incogitable. Sir W. Hamilton. The unconditioned , all that which is inconceivable and beyond the realm of reason; whatever is inconceivable under logical forms or
  • PHONASCETICS
    Treatment for restoring or improving the voice.
  • MALPRACTICE
    Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results.
  • PRECONDITION
    A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition.
  • INCONDITIONATE
    Not conditioned; not limited; absolute. Boyle.
  • MISPRACTICE
    Wrong practice.
  • MALEPRACTICE
    See MALPRACTICE

 

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