Fasting, in the sense understood by us, means total abstinence, for a defined period of time, from food. The term derives from the word "faesten" which, in archaic English, meant firm or fixed. In other words, fasting is something to be carried out on a firm footing and under controlled and well-established conditions. THEn termkingreligiousit can mean abstinence from certain types of foods in conjunction with specific days considered holy. But, in any case, in these cases it is a partial and never total abstinence.
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