1. a person who has renounced worldly pleasures and material possessions, especially for religious reasons
Usage: formal

Examples

• The renunciate lived alone in a simple hut in the mountains.
• After years of wealth, he became a renunciate and devoted his life to meditation.
• The ancient renunciate owned nothing but a bowl and simple robes.
• She admired the renunciate’s dedication to spiritual practice.
• The renunciate had given up all earthly possessions decades ago.