Thesaurus: anchoret
Alt. of Anchorite
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- n. Alt. of Anchorite
- One who renounces the world and secludes himself, usually for religious reasons; a hermit; a recluse. [Written by some authors anachoret.] Our Savior himself . . . did not choose an anchorite's or a monastic life, but a social and affable way of conversing with mortals. Boyle.
- n. Alt. of Anchorite