According to my diary, I lead an ascetic life these days, estranged from wife and children.
Most stay for only a few years and then leave, but a number continue on in the ascetic life for the rest of their lives.
He is noted for his ascetic life and concern for the poor.
I was impressed that he continues to lead such a ascetic life.
In 521 John resigned his office as a bishop so he could better pursue the ascetic life.
From her youth she was interested in the ascetic life.
She decided to lead an ascetic life and bring up her only brother.
This book addresses specific problems of spiritual theology and the ascetic life.
He lived here for many years in meditation and led an ascetic life.
But the worn eyes in her smooth face suggest a hard, ascetic life.