All 6 Uses
austere
in
The Rainbow Trail
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- Why was the very mention of Mormons attended by something austere and secret?†
Chpt 3 *austere = a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration; or stern in manner
- There was something cold, austere, and majestic in their lofty presence, and they made him feel alone, yet not alone.†
Chpt 6
- The men appeared mild and quiet, and when not conversing seemed austere.†
Chpt 6
- But the strange religion—the narrowing down of the world to the soil of Utah, the intimations of prophets on earth who had direct converse with God, the austere self-conscious omnipotence of this old bishop—these were matters that Shefford felt he must understand better, and see more favorably, if he were not to consider them impossible.†
Chpt 7
- There was little about them resembling the stern, quiet, somber austerity of the more matured men, and nothing at all of the strange, aloof, serene impassiveness of the gray-bearded old patriarchs.†
Chpt 10austerity = a government policy in which significantly less money is spent than normal; or any notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration
- The Mormon turned a dark and austere glance upon Shefford.†
Chpt 15austere = a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration; or stern in manner
Definitions:
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(1)
(austere) a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration
or:
of a person: stern in manner; or practicing great self-denial - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)