Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To renounce.

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  • adjective rare Of, pertaining to, or being a renunciate.
  • noun One who has renounced.

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Examples

  • But only a true renunciate renounces interest in his own mind -- renounces his ideas, his beliefs, his hopes, his conditioning, his wounds, his defeats, his victories, his past, and his future.

    Flower Heads and Grain 2010

  • We follow the words of a renunciate teacher about money; we follow the teachings of someone who's never been in a relationship about relationship.

    Arjuna Ardagh: 'Memory in the Cells': Exploring Cellular Memory Release 2010

  • Such a manifestation doesn't match animal behavior, nor does it match the march of human history, nor do I consider it to be in alignment with the spiritual path except for the voluntary renunciate.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Steven Barnes 2009

  • Such a manifestation doesn't match animal behavior, nor does it match the march of human history, nor do I consider it to be in alignment with the spiritual path except for the voluntary renunciate.

    Why Live? Steven Barnes 2009

  • Just because one may not be living as a renunciate sannyasin, it doesn't mean that one is not expected to be a full-bodied expression of faith or even have the capacity to become a deeply realized God-man or God-woman.

    Andrew Z. Cohen: Raising the Bar 2009

  • Then he saw a wandering renunciate seeker after truth as the fourth sight which informed him that people do seek the truth.

    Only The Power of Story Can Save Clinton's Campaign 2008

  • The text is in the form of a letter sent in response to a request for further instruction by his friend, the renunciate meditator Konchog-tsultrim (dKon-mchog tshul-khrims), with whom Tsongkhapa exchanged many teachings.

    A Letter of Practical Advice on Sutra and Tantra Tsong-kha-pa Blo-bzang grags-pa 2007

  • The text is in the form of a letter sent in response to a request for further instruction by his friend, the renunciate meditator Konchog-tsultrim (dKon-mchog tshul-khrims), with whom Tsongkhapa exchanged many teachings.

    A Letter of Practical Advice on Sutra and Tantra Tsong-kha-pa Blo-bzang grags-pa 2007

  • The text is in the form of a letter sent in response to a request for further instruction by his friend, the renunciate meditator Konchog-tsultrim (dKon-mchog tshul-khrims), with whom Tsongkhapa exchanged many teachings.

    A Letter of Practical Advice on Sutra and Tantra Tsong-kha-pa Blo-bzang grags-pa 2007

  • Saraha told him that if he became a renunciate and recited the

    Biography of Nagarjuna 2006

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