Resources
✕

Abstinence

ISBEConcise CyclopediaJewish EncyclopediaCatholic EncyclopediaMcClintock

2 of 6

A Concise Cyclopedia of Religious Knowledge · 1890

Abstinence is that form of fasting in which the eating of certain kinds of foods, especially meat, is abstained from. Eggs, cheese, and butter are not included under the designation of animal food. See Fasting.

A Concise Cyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Biblical, Biographical, Geographical, Historical, Practical and Theological, Elias Benjamin Sanford, editor (New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1890). Public domain in the USA. Text from Oldpedia, corrected for Deep Dive Bible. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation.

Choose resources