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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Total Abstinence
• Abstinence, Total
Thompson Chain Reference
• Total Abstinence
• Abstinence
Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Abstinence
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Abstain, Abstinence
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Abstinents
• Abstinence
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Abstinence
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Abstinence
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Abstinence
King James Dictionary
• Abstinence
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Law of Abstinence
• Abstinence, Law of
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Abstinence
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Abstain, Abstinence
Webster Dictionary
• Abstinently
• Abstinent
• Abstinency
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Abstinence
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Abstinence
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Abstinence
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Abstinence
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Abstinence
• Abstinents
• Total Abstinence
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Abstinence
• Physical Effects of Abstinence
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Abstinence
Lexicons
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(1):

(n.) The practice of self-denial by depriving one's self of certain kinds of food or drink, especially of meat.

(2):

(n.) The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary gratifications of animal or sensual propensities. Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating beverages, - called also total abstinence.