Ascetic
(As*cet"ic) a. [Gr. fr. to exercise, to practice gymnastics.] Extremely rigid in self-denial and
devotions; austere; severe.
The stern ascetic rigor of the Temple discipline.
Sir W. Scott.
Ascetic
(As*cet"ic), n. In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life,
characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who
practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things.
I am far from commending those ascetics that take up their quarters in deserts.
Norris.
Ascetic theology,
the science which treats of the practice of the theological and moral virtues, and the
counsels of perfection. Am. Cyc.
Asceticism
(As*cet"i*cism) n. The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.
Ascham
(As"cham) n. [From Roger Ascham, who was a great lover of archery.] A sort of cupboard,
or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery.
Asci
(||As"ci), n. pl. See Ascus.
Ascian
(As"cian), n. One of the Ascii.
Ascidian
(As*cid"i*an) n. [Gr. bladder, pouch.] (Zoöl.) One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general
sense, one of the Tunicata. Also as an adj.
Ascidiarium
(||As*cid`i*a"ri*um) n. [NL. See Ascidium.] (Zoöl.) The structure which unites together the
ascidiozooids in a compound ascidian.
Ascidiform
(As*cid"i*form), a. [Gr. a pouch + - form.] (Zoöl.) Shaped like an ascidian.
Ascidioidea
(||As*cid`i*oid"e*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. ascidium + -oid. See Ascidium.] (Zoöl.) A group of
Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. The group includes, social, and compound species.
The gill is a netlike structure within the oral aperture. The integument is usually leathery in texture. See
Illustration in Appendix.
Ascidiozooid
(As*cid`i*o*zo"oid) n. [Ascidium + zooid.] (Zoöl.) One of the individual members of a
compound ascidian. See Ascidioidea.
Ascidium
(||As*cid"i*um) n.; pl. Ascidia [NL., fr. ascus. See Ascus.]
1. (Bot.) A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher
plant, or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort
2. pl. (Zoöl.) A genus of simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species. It is
sometimes used as a name for the Ascidioidea, or for all the Tunicata.
Ascigerous
(As*cig"er*ous) a. [Ascus + - gerous.] (Bot.) Having asci. Loudon.
Ascii
(||As"ci*i As"cians) n. pl. [L. ascii, pl. of ascius, Gr. without shadow; 'a priv. + shadow.] Persons
who, at certain times of the year, have no shadow at noon; — applied to the inhabitants of the torrid
zone, who have, twice a year, a vertical sun.
Ascites
(||As*ci"tes) n. [L., fr. Gr. (sc. disease), fr. bladder, belly.] (Med.) A collection of serous fluid
in the cavity of the abdomen; dropsy of the peritoneum. Dunglison.
Ascitic
(As*cit"ic As*cit"ic*al) a. Of, pertaining to, or affected by, ascites; dropsical.