Search results for "Abstinence" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Daily fasting turned to perpetual abstinence from meat. Her days were filled with acts of charity and industry. Rose helped the sick and hungry ...10 KB (1,614 words) - 00:52, 23 December 2022
- :For it is the season of piety, and the time for abstinence. :(Translation by Edward Browne.) Much like the poems on wine, Hafez also wrote a ...10 KB (1,669 words) - 16:39, 21 January 2024
- to work long hours to his vegetarian diet and abstinence from alcohol. His brother Benjamin noted that Pitman "became a vegetarian, not for religious ...12 KB (1,802 words) - 12:46, 22 July 2022
- path: adherence to a sīla (Sanskrit: śīla) (abstinence from killing, stealing, lying, sexual misconduct and intoxication), which is not an end in ...12 KB (1,796 words) - 20:31, 3 May 2023
- which occur as a result of periods of abstinence followed by re-exposure ... The treatment community for alcoholism typically supports an abstinence ...57 KB (7,925 words) - 23:36, 28 December 2023
- included church attendance, fasting, and abstinence from secular activities.Donna Gilbreth, [https://www.nh.gov/almanac/fast-day.htm Rise and ...16 KB (2,205 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- disease and finally developed the idea that abstinence is the only cure for addiction. Rush is sometimes considered the father of therapeutic ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 09:56, 28 September 2023
- of the later twentieth century in which sexual abstinence and the sanctity of marriage were no longer valued and promiscuity and homosexuality became ...13 KB (1,783 words) - 09:26, 10 August 2022
- alcohol. The Temperance Society became the Abstinence Society. While it began by advocating the temperate or moderate use of alcohol, the movement now ...13 KB (1,926 words) - 23:11, 30 November 2022
- as a response to lengthy periods of sexual abstinence that often follow child birth. Women have been more likely than men to be left unmarried or ...15 KB (2,204 words) - 08:44, 24 November 2022
- practiced at Ephesus, including abstinence from marriage and refraining from eating certain foods. The dietary restriction were apparently urged ...14 KB (2,135 words) - 17:23, 28 March 2024
- *The desire for the worldly pleasures causes grief and sadness. Abstinence from the worldly pleasures brings about the rest of both heart and body. ...14 KB (2,157 words) - 08:33, 13 March 2024
- that "scurvy is solely owing to a total abstinence from fresh vegetable food, and greens; which is alone the primary cause of the disease," ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 21:20, 20 March 2024
- among the unmarried and chastity (not abstinence) in marriage and widowhood, and warn against any sexual activity outside of marriage. In all ...14 KB (2,184 words) - 06:57, 16 June 2023
- Ephrem the Syrian (306 – 373) was a deacon, prolific writer of hymns, and theologian of the fourth century. He is venerated by Christians throughout ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 19:05, 13 February 2024
- which in most cases abates with prolonged abstinence. Even sustained moderate alcohol use may increase anxiety and depression levels in some individuals ...38 KB (5,142 words) - 21:26, 26 February 2023
- Fisher was also a social activist. He advocated for abstinence from alcohol and supported Prohibition. He also campaigned for the ban of tobacco ...18 KB (2,691 words) - 13:25, 6 March 2024
- Nadezhda Konstantinovna "Nadya" Krupskaya ( Надежда Константиновна Крупская , scientific transliteration ...18 KB (2,739 words) - 23:02, 10 November 2022
- the promotion of condom use to "abstinence only" programs. model." "A" stands for Abstinence—if you don't engage ...18 KB (2,666 words) - 23:11, 24 March 2024
- sexual practices, periodic or permanent sexual abstinence, or (most importantly) the right of a woman (especially a wife) to refuse sex. Gage was quite ...19 KB (2,944 words) - 16:51, 7 November 2022
