Abstemious

  • 131St. Aelred —     St. Ælred     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Ælred     Abbot of Rievaulx, homilist and historian (1109 66). St. Ælred, whose name is also written Ailred, Æthelred, and Ethelred, was the son of one of those married priests of whom many were… …

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  • 132abstinent — 1. adjective Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. Beaumont and Fletcher 2. noun a) One who abstains. b) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in th …

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