The urban Aboriginal youth who becomes an abstainer out of respect for ceremonial protocol will probably face ridicule from his former buddies. |
The preacher of the spital sermon this year is to be a life-long abstainer, the Bishop of Carlisle. |
I mean,you wouldn't tell a total abstainer to start drinking beer and wine, would you? |
The result of the vote was all in favour with the exception of one abstainer and one against. |
On the other hand, the pledge of the total abstainer, like the vow of the Nazirite, carries with it a certain moral danger. |
The master then, being an abstainer, should also give some care to his diet. |