What is severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline. The austerity of John the Baptist. Milton called?
austerity — Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline. The austerity of John the Baptist. Milton. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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