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Definition of Fastings
1. fasting [n] - See also: fasting
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fastings
Literary usage of Fastings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1890)
"... trustful new-comers, and move where the natural conditions are favorable to
agriculture and the prosperity of farm- homes. LONG fastings AND STARVATION. ..."
2. Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and His Noble Knights by Thomas (Sir). Malory (1868)
"Then the bishop said, I will gladly : and there he put an habit upon Sir Launcelot,
and there he served God day and night with prayers and fastings. ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"His continual fastings, vigils and prayers, his most high poverty and ardent zeal
for souls, lastly his extraordinary holiness and the gift of miracles made ..."
4. Ingulph's Chronicle of the Abbey of Croyland: With the Continuations by by Ingulf, Peter (1908)
"Taking the narrow path which leadeth unto life, and with frequent watchings and
fastings crucifying his flesh with the vices and lusts thereof, ..."
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