Definition of Abstenent
Ab"sti*nent (&?;), a. [F. abstinent,
L. abstinens, p. pr. of abstinere. See Abstain.]
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of
appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. Beau. & Fl.
Ab"sti*nent, n. 1. One
who abstains.
2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect who appeared
in France and Spain in the 3d century.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. - Beaumont and Fletcher
- One who abstains.
- Ecclesiastical History: One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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