Abstinent
Abstinent ({not transcribed}) , adjective
[French abstinent, Latin abstinens, present participle of abstinere. See Abstain.]
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite; abstemious; continent; temperate. — Beau. & Fl
Abstinent , noun
1.
One who abstains.
2.
(Ecclesiastical Hist.) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3d century.