Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun ecclesiastical history A
fast or series of privations undertaken by the Cathars to purify the soul, often resulting in death.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word endura.
Examples
-
I absolutely believe in endura-skin from bass pro.
-
I absolutely believe in endura-skin from bass pro.
-
i used them both along with gander MTN. hunting gear comes from cabelas mainly but my base layer in endura skin from Bass Pro.
Cabelas or BassPro? 2009
-
i used them both along with gander MTN. hunting gear comes from cabelas mainly but my base layer in endura skin from Bass Pro.
Cabelas or BassPro? 2009
-
My endura-skin suit never leaves its container unless I am wearing it or its in the washer/dryer.
-
My endura-skin suit never leaves its container unless I am wearing it or its in the washer/dryer.
-
Should he survive, however, he was saved from the perils of relapsing into his imperfect state either by fasting to death or voluntary asphyxiation (the endura).
HERESY IN THE MIDDLE AGES GORDON LEFF 1968
-
To attain this, suicide is commendable; it was customary among them in the form of the endura (starvation).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
-
Many who feared that they might give way in a moment of weakness to the temptations of a corrupt nature, sought relief in suicide, which was called the _endura_.
The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church 1888
-
Sabatier who began the _endura_ in a retired villa, immediately after his initiation; he starved himself to death in seven weeks.
The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church 1888
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.