The eating of dry meats, a sort of fast among the primitive Christians.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
Among the primitive Christians, the living on a diet of dry food in Lent and on other fasts.
Fasting Roget’s Thesaurus §956
N. fasting, xerophagy, famishment, starvation, fast, jour maigre, fast day, banyan day, lent, quadragesima, ramadan, ramazan, spare diet, meager diet, lenten diet, lenten entertainment, soupe maigre, short commons, barmecide feast, short rations
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