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Abstinence — • Includes information about old and new testament fasting as well as church laws Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Abstinence Abstinence … Catholic encyclopedia
abstinence — noun 1) AA endorses a path of abstinence Syn: teetotalism, temperance, sobriety, abstemiousness, abstention; rare nephalism 2) of course abstinence is the most effective form of birth control, but is it the most realistic? Syn: celibacy, chastity … Thesaurus of popular words
abstinence — [ab′stə nəns] n. [ME < OFr < L abstinentia < prp. of abstinere: see ABSTAIN] 1. the act of voluntarily doing without some or all food, drink, or other pleasures 2. R.C.Ch. abstention from flesh meat on certain designated days abstinent… … English World dictionary
Abstinence — The Church makes a distinction between abstinence and fasting. Abstinence is the reduction of food for the sake of self discipline, while fasting is going without food of any kind as a more severe act of discipline. Abstinence is to be… … American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Days of the week — The names of the days of the week in various world languages can be classified as either numerical or planetary; however in either case the names of one or more days may have been changed for religious or secular reasons. For instance Sunday is… … Wikipedia
Days of our Lives storylines — This is an overview of major historical storylines from the daytime drama Days of our Lives .1960sThe HortonsWhen the show debuted in 1965, it centered around the Horton family. Dr Tom Horton and his wife Alice had five children: Tom Jr., who had … Wikipedia
Abstinence, periodic — Also known as fertility awareness, natural family planning, and the rhythm method, this approach entails not having sexual intercourse on the days of a woman s menstrual cycle when she could become pregnant or using a barrier method (such as a… … Medical dictionary
abstinence — /ˈæbstənəns / (say abstuhnuhns) noun 1. forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the drinking of alcohol: total abstinence. 2. self restraint; forbearance. 3. the refraining from certain kinds of food for certain periods or on …
abstinence — ab•sti•nence [[t]ˈæb stə nəns[/t]] also ab′sti•nen•cy n. 1) forbearance from indulgence of an appetite 2) psi abstention from a drug, as alcohol or heroin, esp. a drug on which one is dependent 3) the refraining from certain kinds of foods on… … From formal English to slang
Fasting and abstinence in the Roman Catholic Church — For Roman Catholics, fasting is the reduction of one s intake of food to one full meal a day. This may or may not be accompanied by abstinence from meat when eating. The Roman Catholic Church teaches that all people are obliged by God to perform… … Wikipedia
Rogation Days — The Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before Ascension Day. They are days of abstinence preparatory to the great Feast of the Ascension. They are so called from the Latin word rogare, meaning to ask, and coming as they do in the early part of the… … American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
