- fastings
- adj. abstaining from eating adv. on empty stomach n. fast, period during which one abstains from eating; act of abstaining from eating
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Feasts and Fastings (Movable) — Holidays which are not observed on fixed dates but depend on the variable date of Easter, as Palm Sunday, Ascension and Pentecost … Dictionary of church terms
Fasting — Fasting, which was practised in Judaism and by the disciples of St. John the Baptist, was recommended by Christ both by example and teaching (Luke 4:2; Matt. 6:1618 and Mark 2:20). It was observed by the Apostles (Acts 13:2; 14:23; 2 Cor. 11:27) … Dictionary of church terms
Exinanition — Ex*in a*ni tion . [L. exinanitio.] An emptying; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Fastings to the exinanition of spirits. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Reproved — Reprove Re*prove (r? pr??v ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reproved} ( pr??vd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reproving}.] [F. r[ e]prouver, OF. reprover, fr. L. reprobare. See {Reprieve}, {Reprobate}, and cf. {Reproof}.] 1. To convince. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] When… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Reproving — Reprove Re*prove (r? pr??v ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reproved} ( pr??vd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reproving}.] [F. r[ e]prouver, OF. reprover, fr. L. reprobare. See {Reprieve}, {Reprobate}, and cf. {Reproof}.] 1. To convince. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] When… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Waking — Wak ing, n. 1. The act of waking, or the state or period of being awake. [1913 Webster] 2. A watch; a watching. [Obs.] Bodily pain . . . standeth in prayer, in wakings, in fastings. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] In the fourth waking of the night.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Weakener — Weak en*er, n. One who, or that which, weakens. [Fastings] weakeners of sin. South. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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