Both Uses
austere
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The Heritage of the Desert
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- In forty-eight hours he had learned to hate the Mormons unutterably; here, in the presence of this austere man, he felt that hatred wrenched from his heart, and in its place stirred something warm and living.†
Chpt 1 *austere = a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration; or stern in manner
- When the old chieftain's lips opened Hare anticipated the austere speech, the import that meant only pain to him, and his whole inner being seemed to shrink.†
Chpt 12
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)