Definition
Relating to or characteristic of a group of early Christian monks who practiced strict asceticism and rejected worldly comforts, sometimes spelled as 'ascetic.'
Etymology
From Greek 'akémetos' (unwearied, sleepless), combining 'a-' (not) + 'kémē' (sleep or rest). The variant spelling acemetic preserves the Greek form while the more common 'ascetic' shows Latin influence.
Kelly Says
The Acemetae were a real group of monks who literally never slept—they worked in shifts 24/7 in continuous prayer, and their name literally means 'the sleepless ones,' making them the ancient original extreme athletes of spirituality.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አሰመቲክ
ah-seh-meh-tik
ARالعربية
أسيمتيك
as-meh-tik
BNবাংলা
এসেমেটিক
es-eh-meh-tik
CACatalà
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
CSČeština
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
DADansk
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
DEDeutsch
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
ELΕλληνικά
ασεμετικη
as-eh-meh-tik-ee
ESEspañol
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
FAفارسی
اسمتیک
as-meh-tik
FISuomi
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
FRFrançais
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
GUGU
અસેમેટિક
ah-seh-meh-tik
HAHA
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
HEעברית
אצ'מטיק
ats-meh-tik
HIहिन्दी
एसेमेटिक
aes-meh-tik
HUMagyar
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
IDBahasa Indonesia
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
IGIG
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
ITItaliano
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
JA日本語
アセメティック
aseru-meti-kku
KKKK
ацеметик
at-se-me-tik
KMKM
អាសេម៉េទិក
ah-seh-meh-dik
MRMR
असेमेतिक
ah-seh-meh-tik
MSBahasa Melayu
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
MYမြန်မာ
အစေမေတစ်
ah-seh-meh-tit
NLNederlands
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
NONorsk
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
PAPA
ਅਸੇਮੇਟਿਕ
ah-seh-meh-tik
PLPolski
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
PTPortuguês
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
RORomână
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
RUРусский
ацеметик
at-se-me-tik
SVSvenska
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
SWKiswahili
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
TAதமிழ்
அச்செமேட்டிக்கு
a-shel-meh-tti-kku
TEతెలుగు
అసెమెటిక్
ah-se-meh-tik
THไทย
แอสเซเมติก
aes-meh-tik
TLTL
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
TRTürkçe
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
UKУкраїнська
ацеметик
at-se-me-tik
VITiếng Việt
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
YOYO
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik
ZH中文
阿塞美特克
ā sè měi tè kē
ZUZU
acemetic
ah-seh-meh-tik