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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Then he saw a wandering renunciate seeker after truth as the fourth sight which informed him that people do seek the truth.
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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
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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
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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
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Saraha told him that if he became a renunciate and recited the
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