Words similar to ascetic

Example sentences for: ascetic

How can you use “ascetic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

He, too, abandoned riches to become an ascetic.
Koyasan was already known as a sacred site for ascetic practices when Kobo Daishi, a revered Buddhist priest, teacher, and scholar, received imperial permission to establish a religious community to develop his new Shingon sect in 816.
But the life of an ascetic and the wisdom of Hindu teachers did not satisfy his quest.
Was he a "sheeted ascetic & do-gooder" or a "major influence" on mass movements everywhere?
The very remoteness of Tohoku was appealing to such religious groups as the Zen Buddhists, who espouse an ascetic, unworldly life and constructed some of the country’s finest Buddhist temples in this northern part of Honshu.