noun
- spiritual sloth or apathy; a state of listlessness and lack of concern, especially regarding one's duties or salvation.
Usage: archaic; chiefly religious or literary contexts; also spelled 'acedia'
Examples
- The monk struggled against accidie during his long hours of prayer.
- Medieval theologians considered accidie one of the deadly sins.
- A sense of accidie had settled over the village after the harsh winter.
- The hermit's accidie threatened to undermine his spiritual practice.
- In Dante's work, accidie represents a failure of the will to pursue good.