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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Mastery over the senses; abstinence from pleasures of sense; self-control, as exercised in fasting and continence, especially the latter.
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"To preserve evangelical encraty, and to restrain fanatical asceticism, was the spirit of early Christianity, as one sees int he ethics of Hermas." -- Introductory Note To Tatian the Assyrian by J. E. Ryland, Ante-Nicene Fathers: Vol II
May 25, 2010