Penalties of 20 to 40 days of strict fasting on bread and water were imposed on transgressors.

The day is always observed as a day of strict fasting.

She was sentenced to strict fasting and a seven-year long pilgrimage to holy places outside of Norway.

The strict fasting, penance and continence is taken out of the beliefs of the Vaishnavites.

However, with the arrival of the Protestant Reformation, the Swedes stopped observing a strict fasting for Lent.

Though the emperor's eye ailment had for a time improved, perhaps because of strict fasting, it was worse again.

This life she led call for continual abstinence, dedication to prayer, strict fasting, etc.

The order of Poor Clares was an order that had strict rules, such as silence vows, poverty, and strict fasting.

However, enlightenment came after he broke his strict fasting and accepted some rice milk from a girl.

They were famous for their strict fasting, chastity, and knowledge of the Bible.