Other Ocean facts: 1  At 39 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature of almost all of the deep ocean is only a few degrees above freezing. 2  The speed of sound in water is 1,435 m/sec - nearly five times faster than the speed of. 3  Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) are among the largest and fastest marine fish.
Asceticism definition. 1. The manner of life, practices, or principles of an ascetic. 2. The doctrine that a person can attain a high spiritual and moral state by practicing self-denial, self-mortification, and the like. 3. The doctrine that the ascetic life releases the soul from bondage to the body and permits union with the divine.
Example Sentences for ascetic. St. John is the lean prophet of the desert, the ascetic, and the eater of locusts and wild honey. They have set aside the old ideas of male dominion and of ascetic purity. The next Birth Story relates that he was the son of blind, ascetic parents, to whom he acted as a faithful servant.