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strict fast
noun as in xerophagy
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Example Sentences
For eight days there was a strict fast; the butchers shut their shops.'
On the day appointed, all the people in the Badaga village, where this ceremony is to take place, observe a strict fast.
When an Indian loses one of his children, he must keep a strict fast for three days, abstaining from food of any kind.
Before setting out for war, they observe a strict fast, or rather they abstain from all food for four days.
Easter is celebrated by them as a holy feast, with the utmost pomp, beginning with a strict fast.
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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to strict fast, such as: hunger strike, keeping fast, lenten fast, without food, and xerophagia.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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