Subjection of the passions and appetites, by penance, abstinence, or painful severities inflicted on the body
The act of mortifying, or the condition of being mortified The death of one part of an animal body, while the rest continues to live; loss of vitality in some part of a living animal; gangrene
A gift to some charitable or religious institution; nearly synonymous with mortmain
the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
(Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)
To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble