strict fast

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And it all came from a player who has spent recent weeks managing a strict fast from dawn until sunset to observe Ramadan as a Muslim.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2023

The three are Muslims who observe Ramadan and began a strict fast from dawn until sunset daily starting March 22 and continuing through April 20.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2023

A strict fast was then observed for two nights and a day, the devotees drinking a bitter decoction of button-snake root “in order to vomit and purge their sinful bodies.”

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir

For forty days they kept a strict fast.

From Penguin Island by France, Anatole

From the evening of the ninth to the evening of the tenth day there was not only a cessation of business, but a strict fast was kept.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max